EGG CHALLENGE 4: ULTIMATE EGG DROP
The purpose of this project was to construct a vehicle that will land in a designated landing zone while protecting a raw egg from the fall. Philip, Kevin, and I were to create a paper structure that is tested to adequately protect an egg from breaking. The structure was tested for both lateral and vertical protection.
Our original design was shaped like a glider. It had wings with a pointed front to give it accuracy during the flight, and the egg rested underneath the wings inside a box filled with shredded paper. Although it was good for short distance flights, it wasn't capable of flying far with the egg.
Our requested change was to increase the weight limit for the structure. We thought that a heavier and stronger structure would be able to fly farther while protecting the egg at the same time.
Our new structure was totally different from our original design. It was much more heavier, and it didn't have any wings. It was shaped like a rugby ball...or at least we thought it would look like it while we were constructing it.
Although structure reached the landing zone during most of the trial throws, the structure did not reach the landing zone in the final throw. But still our egg did survive. I think the shredded paper inside the think layers of paper wrapped in thick layers of tape absorbed enough impact and force to keep the egg from cracking.
Next time, we will make it more "aerodynamic" like we were supposed to. Our first design had great aerodynamics but it got nowhere near the landing zone, so we had to change from the aerodynamic design to a design that is more focused on reaching the distance and keeping the egg safe.
The design components that we included were shredded paper, cylinders, and wings, although most of them were not on the final design, they were on the original design.
