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Dan Mooney Member Messages 1,920 Location Portland, Oregon Apr 16, 2012 #1 Now that's a show stopper! Click Here
Jim C Bradley Member Messages 4,945 Location Oceanside, So. Calif. 5 mi. to the ocean Apr 16, 2012 #2 That stopped more than the show. As they said in the cartoons, "Ka blowieee!!!" Enjoy, JimB
Vaughn McMillan Administrator Staff member Messages 36,056 Location ABQ NM Apr 16, 2012 #3 Some stats that I found on this test: Truck = 65,000 lbs. Speed = 50 mph Kinetic Energy = 5.5 million lbs per foot Wall thickness = 18 inches Stopped dead in about 24 inches.
Some stats that I found on this test: Truck = 65,000 lbs. Speed = 50 mph Kinetic Energy = 5.5 million lbs per foot Wall thickness = 18 inches Stopped dead in about 24 inches.
Chuck Thoits Member Messages 4,045 Location NH Apr 16, 2012 #4 That might just give a guy a head ache
Steve Southwood Member Messages 5,069 Location Santa Claus, In Apr 16, 2012 #6 I wonder if the air bag deployed?
Peter Rideout Member Messages 1,663 Location Nova Scotia, 45°N 64°W Apr 16, 2012 #7 and did I hear the engine still running after impact ??? nawww!
Roger Tulk Member Messages 3,018 Location St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Apr 16, 2012 #8 I'm impressed that the concrete barrier stayed in place. I thought it would be a sacrifice to the cause.
I'm impressed that the concrete barrier stayed in place. I thought it would be a sacrifice to the cause.
R Rob Keeble Member Messages 12,633 Location GTA Ontario Canada Apr 16, 2012 #9 Yeah but where are the explosives that should be in the truck. When the nut jobs crash these things into barriers they aint doing it empty and certainly not only full of dirt . If you going to test something mimic the real situ.
Yeah but where are the explosives that should be in the truck. When the nut jobs crash these things into barriers they aint doing it empty and certainly not only full of dirt . If you going to test something mimic the real situ.
J Jim Burr Member Messages 3,633 Location Reno, Nv Apr 17, 2012 #10 Unlike modern day stuff for consumers...the military never builds anything to fail!