F-16 Canopy bird impact test
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This looks like one of the tests, long ago, from when they were selecting the canopy material. One was too flexible - probably this one. Another was perfectly stiff - but just porous enough that the bird turned into chicken soup inside the cockpit, The winner was a little bit flexible, buy not so much that it would damage the HUD or impact the pilot. The F-16 was the first to have a canopy that was a single piece throughout the pilot's field of view - no obstructions at all.
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@JetMechMA was that a bird or a phoenix!?
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@Enanon Oh no.....pilots are injured or killed by bird strikes. When I was in the Air Force a T-38 was doing touch n gos at our airbase. During one approach they hit a bird right in the canopy. The bird went through the front windshield and THROUGH the instrument panel, then passed by the front seater, hitting him and injuring him, then went THROUGH the blast shield between the front and rear cockpits and injured the rear seater. Northrop had to do the repairs. Took months.
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@Enanon Why is it blue!
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when the pilot closes the canopy he checks for atleast a fists width distance between their helmet and canopy. its wierd because the transparencies are actually pretty hard yet flexible!
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That's a flexible cockpit!
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thanks for the update upajos ^^
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This is a static test of a canopy on a nonflying test frame. There is no pilot inside.
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Great video! How did you get it?
Wow! Canopy seems to be ok, but HUD has been smashed into pieces... :( Wouldn't the pilot get hurt in real-life?!
lukaszpoznan 4 years ago
not at all. he's (or she's) wearing the flight suis, gloves, helmet... anyway you will have to come back for sure
Enanon 4 years ago
That's not a bird and it looks like a rock.
A little explaination here would have been helpful.
UbuntoO 4 years ago
of course they don't use a real bird. its just a dead chicken, 3kg of weight, shooted from short distance.
Enanon 4 years ago