Banana death?

bledd. said:
In school you always heard daft stories about people getting killed by dropped sandwiches etc :D
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The variant of that story I heard was coins, and the building in question being the Empire State building. The tale goes that the tower is of sufficient height that a coin dropped from the top would have enough velocity to penetrate a human skull. Mythbusters proved quite conclusively that patently wasn't true however, worst you'd have is a headache.
 
SlyReaper said:
I saw a video of a tallow candle being shot through a 4 inch plan of wood. The plank did not come out of the exchange well.

Moral of the story: it doesn't matter how soft it is, if you give it enough speed, you could kill someone with it.
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Yes but you have to give it enough velocity. I seriously doubt a banana would be able to withstand the force required to get it to a velocity sufficient enough to kill someone.

Sure, in a vacuum with constant acceleration then I agree it's possible to get the banana to a high speed, but getting a vacuum big enough and setting the experiment up sufficiently to perform it would be far from practical!

Tefal said:
vacuum and gentle acceleration \o/
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Yeah, good luck with that! :D

Pants said:
So potentially the answer to the thread is yes, a banana can kill you, but only when you're the wrong side of the outer atmosphere?

I will sleep better at night now. :p
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Indeed! :D

I can't believe how silly yet involved this thread is and how seriously it is being addressed! :D
 
Freefaller said:
Yes but you have to give it enough velocity. I seriously doubt a banana would be able to withstand the force required to get it to a velocity sufficient enough to kill someone.
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I bet you could reach some high speeds with an air cannon and salvo. Weather you could reach speeds high enough to cause damage is anyones guess.

edit - salvo is not the word I'm looking for, what's the thing called where you wrap a projectile usually in foam to get it to fir a barrel. Which then separates and falls of once out of the barrel.
 
What needs to be taken into account:

If the car is in fact travelling at 150mph, the person responsible for hurling the banana is quike likely to miss!
 
this thread is hilarious :D

I would say an unripe bannana could do quite some damage if it hit the right place and at the right velocity.
 
AcidHell2 said:
I bet you could reach some high speeds with an air cannon and salvo. Weather you could reach speeds high enough to cause damage is anyones guess.

edit - salvo is not the word I'm looking for, what's the thing called where you wrap a projectile usually in foam to get it to fir a barrel. Which then separates and falls of once out of the barrel.
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Yes but once it hits the air will the banana withstand the air resistance (if it survived the blast in the first place ;))!!! :eek: :p
 
Freefaller said:
Yes but once it hits the air will the banana withstand the air resistance (if it survived the blast in the first place ;))!!! :eek: :p
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I expect it would survive the blast as it's cushioned by the casing, air resistance all depends what speed you would need to reach to cause harm.

Who's got a mahoosive potato cannon.. *looks at johnny.
 

If you threw one out the ISS it would easily destroy a satellite if it hit it :eek:

Might possibly do severe damage to the space shuttle too especially if it was orbiting in the opposite direction..
 
AcidHell2 said:
I bet you could reach some high speeds with an air cannon and salvo. Weather you could reach speeds high enough to cause damage is anyones guess.

edit - salvo is not the word I'm looking for, what's the thing called where you wrap a projectile usually in foam to get it to fir a barrel. Which then separates and falls of once out of the barrel.
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A Sabot is what your after i think

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AcidHell2 said:
you saying he's got a fine ass :D
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Lol! What a Freudian slip! :D

Tefal said:
If you threw one out the ISS it would easily destroy a satellite if it hit it :eek:

Might possibly do severe damage to the space shuttle too especially if it was orbiting in the opposite direction..
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good point. However wouldn't t effectively be in a vacuum and frozen solid? So the variables and definition of the project are changing dramatically! :p
 
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