Is a skater wrap around windshield bird strike rated??
10-05-2010, 09:29 AM
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Most of the stuff used to make windscreens is polycarbonate or probably optical grade Lexan.
Lexan is the same stuff that is used in Nascar windshields and fighter jet canopies. I used to work for the company that made lexan sheets. The only way we could break it wiht out a saw was pour electrical contact cleaner CRC on it and hit it with a hammer. 2 .500 laminted together can stop a .357 at point blank.
Not sure what the higher ends use like Skater, but i know some of the mid level manufacturers use Lexan.
Lexan is the same stuff that is used in Nascar windshields and fighter jet canopies. I used to work for the company that made lexan sheets. The only way we could break it wiht out a saw was pour electrical contact cleaner CRC on it and hit it with a hammer. 2 .500 laminted together can stop a .357 at point blank.
Not sure what the higher ends use like Skater, but i know some of the mid level manufacturers use Lexan.
10-05-2010, 09:36 AM
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10-05-2010, 12:22 PM
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I use to do bird strike testing on turbine engines we would should those suckers into a running engine at 275 mph and that bird would actyally bounce off the front fan three times before in got sucked in cool test
10-05-2010, 01:35 PM
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10-05-2010, 02:12 PM
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The top of my head is good at 100 for seaguls........boater 1 bird 0 and what a mess,guts and bird blood all over my vest and burned to the headers!!!!good thing I ducked or I would have got it in the face.
