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Holy Cow! Flying Cow Crushes Minivan

ecmuller — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:22:01 EST

[hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu]
272.155422kg = 200lbs
60.96m = 200ft
1 625 878.26346176 newtons = 365 511.974 pounds force

it reminds me of the safety posters at work reminding us not to drop things when we work on towers. A 5 pound hammer becomes over 100 lbs when falling for more than 3 meters. Crazy!

ecmuller

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lascauxcaveman — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:24:50 EST

@Zandr: I love it! I used to play in a band called The Sacred Cows. Change the name to Suicide Cows and there's your album cover.

lascauxcaveman

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Zandr — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:10:19 EST

This has obviously happened before, I passed a (pictographic) falling cattle sign on CA-58 near Lake Isabella a few years ago.

Photo here: [web.mac.com]

Zandr

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:52:38 EST

Some aggie campus should get moving on a project breeding dairy cows with Bighorn sheep. Or figure how to equip dairy cows with Land Rover's Descent Control...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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Buckster — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:36:52 EST

@bd_juju: I just remembered the "cow juice" part.

Buckster

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NICKNICK — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:05:13 EST

Forget raw force numbers. The real fun in in comparisons:
What would you rather have destroy your minivan?
A. A 600lb cow falling from 200 feet
B. 150 Navy SEALS armed with 9mm pistols firing simultaneously
C. A bowling ball thrown at you by John Force at 275mph
D. It doesn't matter because they're all the same

NICKNICK

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Bad Juju — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:38:01 EST

@Buckster: I think that cow was already dead... Clarkson just used the Murderer's Camaro to transport the ex-cow.

Bad Juju

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Buckster — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:07:31 EST

Didn't this happen in a Top Gear Episode?

Buckster

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M0L0TOV — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:22:51 EST

Talk about fast food or perhaps in flight meal?

M0L0TOV

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elitza — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:32:05 EST

@FreeMan: win!

elitza

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:27:58 EST

@jword2001: Nobody said they didn't.
@thunder: That's impressive damage. Maybe the Highway Safety People should start testing for cow impacts.

There's a Far Side cartoon in there somewhere.

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FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:01:16 EST

@thunder: Thanks for playing the home game!

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jword2001 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:34:51 EST

i would have shit my pants!

jword2001

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thunder — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:21:26 EST

I nominate @FreeMan for COTD. Thanks for the laugh dude!

That's pretty freaky; a cow falling from a cliff onto a passing vehicle... What are the chances? I had a run-in with a 900lb wayward heifer a while back, in an '82 Civic Wagon at highway speeds. The cow had been hit by another car moments before and was laying across the road when we hit it. It tossed us into the air, with the first bounce off the front-right corner, followed by lots of flips and rolls. Not pretty, but the car did its job and kept us alive and intact.

The car, and the cow, didn't fare so well however.

thunder

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CafeRacer1200 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:08:06 EST

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CafeRacer1200 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:07:00 EST

There's actually a simpler formula. Weight of Cow X Number of Feet Fallen X Thickness of Roof Steel Divided by Hoof.

CafeRacer1200

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abgwin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:05:30 EST

the cow gave its life in a good, moral cause - it took out a Chevy Uplander (or possibly a Saturn Relay). i nominate bossy for Jalopnik canonization!

abgwin

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SwatLax — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:58:10 EST

Force = Mass x Acceleration
F = 272 kg x 9.81m/s^2
Force on the Cow from gravity = 2,668.32 Newtons
Thats all I can remember.

This also doesn't take into account wind resistance effect on the cow. I'll let someone else, who presumably has a degree in something related to this, figure out the speed of the cow when it hit the van and its kinetic energy at the time.

SwatLax

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FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:56:35 EST

Did anyone think to check the hilltop for a lost troupe of French castle guards?

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LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:53:06 EST

@Buckster: That was a good looking cow. And an extremely ugly minivan. I feel most sorry for the cow.

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kingfling — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:52:57 EST

"Dinner that night in the Chelan County Sheriff's Department mess was somber but delicious."

Brilliant. That's the QOTD.

kingfling

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Buckster — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:46:10 EST

Pic [www.breitbart.com]

Buckster

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X-Zambian — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:44:49 EST

Oh yes.
They quite like stories about Satanic cars.too.

X-Zambian

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X-Zambian — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:43:42 EST

Heh.
Head on over to the Register for more on this and some amused comments.

X-Zambian