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Old 11-26-2009, 05:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Talking turkey in a wind tunnel test........



WHAT!!!!!????????

heck, I suprised it's 2pm in California and I'm the first person who realized how aerodynamic a 'bagged' turkey is!!!!!!

Frank Lee......help me here......






now if somebody please insert my turkey in this photo,,,,I'd really appreciate it


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Old 11-27-2009, 01:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 11-27-2009, 02:03 PM   #3 (permalink)
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And wings. Love Turkey wings.

In about a month, you should so do this with a Hormel ham... they're usually fairly nicely shaped for aesthetic purposes, and often end up looking like a Kamm shape (airfoil minus pointy end).
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LOL - I agree.
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Next-we begin removing weight for greater energy savings! The aero will suffer slightly, but once we have the turkey picked all the way down to the frame we can begin adding a lightweight skin of coroplast for a classic teardrop shape-with both improved aero and a 70% weight deletion, the rolling resistance should be vastly decreased!

I await tuft-testing on the new, improved Turkey Mark II...
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A ham would provide an overall lighter structure after weight reduction, and probably much stiffer as well...
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You must be using one of those newfangled "canned" hams then. I hear the Tin Monocoque has some real possibilities-i'd like to see how far you can push that design after weight reduction, but as light as that would get there might be some trouble with crosswinds...
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If you think I'm going to post a picture of Turkey Mark II......you are sadly mistaken!!!!!

my daughter (22yr old senior in college -early childhood development) was threatening to take pics of me taking pics of the carcus......and using me as a prime examlpe of a young adult(her) overcoming being raise by a pre-pubesent adult(me).

I wsh you guys had jumped in a little earlier.......


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