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Old 11th September 2009 | 11:21
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Canuckbirdstrike
 
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The simple reason is that the impact force increases as the square of speed. Start doing the math of even a 2.5 lb bird hitting a surface at 250 knots and the force is high enough that building any sort of effective screen acnnot be practically done.

Take a look at bird strike damage pictures at even low speed and you will see that even airframe structures are not immune to damage.

This is a great theoretical idea that surfaces regularly, but is currently an engineering impossibility.
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