Homebuilt Windshield Testing
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Originally Posted by
steveinindy
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Originally Posted by rwanttaja
The typical GA windshield won't keep out most of the moderate-to-large size avian interlopers, even pureed first.
Which is exactly the reason I chose the design (fairly sharply slanted) and material (polycarbonate for higher impact resistance) for my windshield that I did. The plan is to build a couple of "spares" and test them first with a couple of store-bought ducks.
Interesting idea. What are you thinking of as a test rig? Something like what the Mythbusters rigged up a few years ago is probably what you need, but I wonder if there's a simpler way? A freefall rig would give better repeatability and wouldn't require an actual gun, but you'd need hundreds of feet to get the projectile up to flight-equivalent speeds.
Ron Wanttaja