Egg Drop Launch Day

Wednesday, February 23 was our Egg Drop Challenge Test Day. Several teams competed to see whose container was best. Our container finished second with the dimensions 25cm by 24cm by 23.5cm. Its mass was 95.67 grams without the mass of the egg. It took our egg 1.03 seconds to fall from 5 meters off the ground. Our egg was in perfect condition after the fall and our container scored 209.05 eared egg points.

       Upon reflection, I felt that the biggest reflection that we faced when constructing our container was the 25x25x25 dimension constraints. I felt that our design could've been more effective if we were allowed to expand the dimensions of our top piece of cardboard. Our design was geared toward a large surface area to increase drag while falling. Therefore if we were allowed to use larger dimensions, our design could've been more effective.
    As for the most effective part of our design, I felt that the straw "tipi" was the most the most effective component. I chose this because it significantly reduced the amount of force applied to the part of our container actually holding the egg itself. Also, the fact that our container was very light was another effective part of our design because it scored us a fairly large earned egg point total. I would conclude that the durability of our container was the least effective part of our design. I would say this because although it survived the one fall on test day, it would be severely compromised for the next drop if there was one.
   If we were to design our container to hold two eggs, it would be significantly different. The main modification I would make would be making the container that holds the egg or eggs itself larger. I would also add a lot more padding just for added insurance.
   In conclusion, I was extremely pleased with the way our container performed. Even though I was skeptical, our container was successful. I feel we had a unique and well designed container that ultimately carried the egg without any trouble. Overall I enjoyed the building of the container and though it was a great challenge project.