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That is hillarious, it just bounced off.
I understand that a lot of those japanes planes were built out of balsa wood, particularly as they kamikaze pilots were not supposed to come back so they built even cheaper.
That is hillarious, it just bounced off.
I understand that a lot of those japanes planes were built out of balsa wood, particularly as they kamikaze pilots were not supposed to come back so they built even cheaper.
At the time of their design wood construction was still reasonably common, and no matter how many corners are cut in the manufacturing it won't decrease the force of an impact all that much. The reason it didn't do much is because it's a big slow moving projectile that crumples in an impact rather than imparting all of the force at once. I think that was only a one inch plate it hit.
At the time of their design wood construction was still reasonably common, and no matter how many corners are cut in the manufacturing it won't decrease the force of an impact all that much. The reason it didn't do much is because it's a big slow moving projectile that crumples in an impact rather than imparting all of the force at once. I think that was only a one inch plate it hit.
Oh, I did not know that. Makes sense.
Oh, I did not know that. Makes sense.
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