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What is the point of the new cannon?

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whatthecrunchyo
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9:25p, 8/25/14
How will it be utilized? Is the Spirit of '02 gone? Sorry if I am late to this discussion but I'd really like to know.

If you don't know what I am talking about, here:

http://www.goodbullhunting.com/cuppycup/2014/8/25/6067751/kyle-field-105mm-howitzer-cannon-fired-video
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ham98
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9:26p, 8/25/14
They should have gotten a 16 inch naval rifle from a decommissioned Iowa class battleship
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BackwardsInBoots
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9:29p, 8/25/14
With the field enclosed, firing a cannon inside is too loud to be safe. The spirit of 02 is too quiet to fire outside and be heard inside. It will be used for corps step-off and other events. The new 105mm howitzer will fire from outside the stadium in about the same spot the spirit of 02 used to be, but will be much louder. It will be on permanent display outside the stadium.
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whatthecrunchyo
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9:37p, 8/25/14
Does the Corps fire the new howitzer as well?
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ktweaverbird
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9:38p, 8/25/14
Pointing it towards LSU?
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Reginald Cousins
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9:39p, 8/25/14
To go "BOOM"?
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Texas 1836
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9:43p, 8/25/14
Funny story about our cannon.

My Freshman year, 86, my buddy who was going to tech came down to the game.

We were standing fairly close to the cannon, and when we fired it after our first score, he about jumped out of his skin.

When tech finally scored their only td, they fired theirs. You would have that a cork had just popped out of it.

He just looked at me and shook his head.
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12thGauge
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9:43p, 8/25/14
Reggie beat me to it
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GarryowenAg
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9:52p, 8/25/14
I've got quite a bit of hearing loss from firing The Spirit of '02. No telling how loud the 105" is.
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whatthecrunchyo
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9:58p, 8/25/14
^^^ BK this is JV
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texAZtea
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10:21p, 8/25/14
The new cannon is also fired by Parson's Mounted Cavalry
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munch96
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10:24p, 8/25/14
I was told that a 105 was used in the 50s and 60s. We had to stop using it because it was too loud.
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Fish Outta H2O
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10:58p, 8/25/14
For the games I don't go to, will I be able to hear it in Houston?

Google went all physics on me when I tried to look it up. How far will 175 decibels travel (audibly)?
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GarryowenAg
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11:01p, 8/25/14
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^^^ BK this is JV


I've known all along buddy. I was about to message you regarding your TV post. I got a big kick outta it.
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Reginald Cousins
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11:08p, 8/25/14
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For the games I don't go to, will I be able to hear it in Houston?

Google went all physics on me when I tried to look it up. How far will 175 decibels travel (audibly)?



Not sure if srs.
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Esteban du Plantier
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11:16p, 8/25/14
Here's the new 105 in action. It is a hell of a thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBy6OoXvNSw&app=desktop


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monarch
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11:18p, 8/25/14
Maybe we need to let the concrete settle in the east and south sections of Kyle a little longer. Dont want to shake our new toy down...
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DtAg00
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11:22p, 8/25/14
quote:
How far will 175 decibels travel (audibly)?


Easy. Just need to check your atmospheric pressure and Fletcher-Munson curves.

http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/87751/do-low-frequency-sounds-really-carry-longer-distances
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11:24p, 8/25/14
I have a home movie of the 105 from 1967 or so. It was loud and it also created a lot of smoke that lay on the field if there was no wind.
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buzzardb267
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11:24p, 8/25/14
Drat.....double post....

[This message has been edited by buzzardb267 (edited 8/25/2014 10:32p).]
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AC Hopper
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12:01a, 8/26/14
Loud, but sounds like it goes "BANG." Spirit of '02 went "BOOM." "BOOM" is better. Perhaps PMC can make some adjustments. They all best wear very good ear protection to avoid real damage.
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Buck Nasty
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12:06a, 8/26/14
So there are gonna be some guys standing outside that don't get to watch the game? That sucks.
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BackwardsInBoots
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12:31a, 8/26/14
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So there are gonna be some guys standing outside that don't get to watch the game? That sucks.


They're getting a tv feed. If you think about where they were before the renovation they couldn't really see the game.
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Corps_Ag12
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1:11a, 8/26/14
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Here's the new 105 in action. It is a hell of a thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBy6OoXvNSw&app=desktop




I love how car alarms start going off.
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Ajollyag
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1:27a, 8/26/14
Apparently at 183 decibels the destruction of structures occur... Per my source:

http://www.decibelcar.com/menugeneric/87.html

[This message has been edited by ajolly (edited 8/26/2014 12:28a).]
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BennyBlancoFromTheBright
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1:28a, 8/26/14
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So there are gonna be some guys standing outside that don't get to watch the game?


Oh, but the epic tales of shenanigans and detailing of tomfoolery passed on for generations will be legendary.

Hopefully TA is still around in 30 years -- you'll see.
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FILO505
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1:47a, 8/26/14
If you can, go to midnight yell. Firing Spirit of '02 out of the southwest tunnel back into Kyle. Smoke ring throwback?
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12thmanags
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3:15a, 8/26/14
Aggie Infantry
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8:05a, 8/26/14
I just won't be the same with the artillery piece outside of the stadium.

It should not be too expensive or too architecturally challenging to construct an elevated platform on one of the new corner structures. The artillery piece could be pointed out of the stadium, yet still be in Kyle.

Build it and they will come.
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ABATTBQ87
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8:30a, 8/26/14
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Funny story about our cannon.

My Freshman year, 86, my buddy who was going to tech came down to the game.

We were standing fairly close to the cannon, and when we fired it after our first score, he about jumped out of his skin.

When tech finally scored their only td, they fired theirs. You would have that a cork had just popped out of it.

He just looked at me and shook his head.


The funniest part about this story is that tech doesn't have a cannon.
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Texas 1836
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8:42a, 8/26/14
Abatt, you are right.

Meant their shotgun.

Which ... sounded like a pop gun.

[This message has been edited by markandles (edited 8/26/2014 7:43a).]
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VA_Ag94
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9:07a, 8/26/14
Will there be video cameras down there so it can be watched on godzillatron at least?
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AC Hopper
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9:44a, 8/28/14
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I just won't be the same with the artillery piece outside of the stadium.

It should not be too expensive or too architecturally challenging to construct an elevated platform on one of the new corner structures. The artillery piece could be pointed out of the stadium, yet still be in Kyle.

Build it and they will come.
Right on!!I say put Spirit of '02 on top of one of the "activation towers" and fire away.
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Towns03
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10:11a, 8/28/14
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Loud, but sounds like it goes "BANG." Spirit of '02 went "BOOM." "BOOM" is better.


[This message has been edited by Towns03 (edited 8/28/2014 9:12a).]
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ABATTBQ11
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11:46a, 8/28/14
That stupid idea of putting it on one of the towers has been beaten to death. Repeatedly. Please take your butthurt over having the cannon outside the stadium somewhere else.

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