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So... how far will a snowblower chuck an IPhone?
I've already conducted the experiment...(No. I didn't video tape it...)
Launch apparatus: Single stage Toro with a 2-cycle engine.
Payload description: Iphone 5S with two-piece Otterbox case.
Any guesses?
Bob T.
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Clearly, it sent it far enough that you'll be at the doorstep of the store to get a new one.Look at the bright side...at least it was a phone that was quite a few generations back and your new one will be, well...new.
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Trick question? It hit a tree?
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We don't have many snow blowers here in Arkansas but I would be happy to send you my 16 yo daughters iPhone 6 for a test and you can report back on the results.
PS. Would your blower intake be large enough to throw her Mac Air also?
Last edited by julian abram; 02-22-2018 at 9:56 AM.
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I have 2 sons and a more important question: Would it be considered child abuse to throw a son's phone? (They wouldn't let go of it, so they would, of course, be 'thrown' as well....Originally Posted by julian abram
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Video from the phone during the launch might have been interesting, although short. Perhaps you can repeat the experiment, starting with "Hey, may I borrow your phone for a sec?"
A farmer friend once lost his phone while bailing hay, the big 4' diameter round bales. I found the case but not the phone. I walked the field calling his number at each bale but never heard it ring. Maybe the signal was not too strong 2' inside a bale or maybe the speaker wasn't loud enough. Maybe a cow found it later.
JKJ
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Anywhere from 2 to 20 ft depending on snow conditions
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No idea.....but, I'll bet it went further than the frozen Sunday paper my 60" 2 stage blower ingested.
Ed
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No, no, no. You gotta start with "Here. Hold my beer."
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I'm pretty sure these were covered in the diagrams attached to Bill C's and John Z's posts. (Maybe they can confirm that...)
Getting back to Dan O's post re: roof shingles. Did you know that inputting "using a snowblower to clear a roof" into Google yields over 5 million results)
Bob
Last edited by Bob Turkovich; 02-24-2018 at 9:51 PM.
"Don't worry. They couldn't possibly hit us from that dist...."
John, you're a hoot!
For only about $1,000 more you could launch one of the new Samsung S9s I read about last night. 900 and some odd frames per second. That would give you a great slow motion video of your test. And since you obviously have no thoughts of ever using the phone again, perhaps you could encase it in some liquid glass to extend its playtime.
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It didn't happen if there aren't any photos.My two stage Simplicity has thrown rocks over 30 feet, but I'm not sure a phone would survive the second stage in a single piece.
For the record I would say it went 15 feet.
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If it survived, sell the story to Otterbox.
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I personally have failed in taking my daughter's phone away from her as she gets quite hostile about it, but I have come up with a new and even better solution. I now turn off her data through our carrier and block her accessing our home wifi as punishment. It is amazing how quickly her attitude and perspective changes when she cannot check snapchat at all time through the day.
I thought about destroying the phone,but somehow I would get stuck buying another.
As for how far with the snowblower, I am going to guess 18 feet.
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