Question

birds cause a lot of damage to airplanes every year. to study this problem, the u.s. air force invented a chicken cannon. air force scientists use the cannon to shoot chicken bodies at airplanes in controlled tests. then they analyze the damage the chicken bodies caused. evaluate this model. in what way do you think it is helpful? what are some of its limitations?

Explanation:

The model of using a chicken cannon to simulate bird - plane impacts helps in understanding the damage mechanism. It is helpful as it allows for controlled tests to analyze the damage caused. However, limitations include that real - world bird impacts may involve different bird species, flight speeds and angles that are hard to fully replicate in a controlled test. Also, the behavior of real birds (such as evasive maneuvers) cannot be fully captured by chicken bodies.

Answer:

Helpfulness: It allows for controlled damage analysis in a simulated bird - plane impact scenario. Limitations: Cannot fully replicate real - world bird characteristics like species variety, flight behavior and impact angles.