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Friday, 14 September 2012

The most limited restriction was the "no parachute" restriction. The container would drop faster and harder then it would with a parachute, so we had to worry more about padding and the impact of the container. Also the size restriction was a bit tough but it was pretty easy to follow once we had a design plan to follow.

The most effective part of our containers design was the tissue we had to protect our egg for hitting the inside of the container. It also stopped the egg of moving around inside the container. The only downside was we had no tissue on the top of the container so if it landed on the top, the egg would break. The least effective part of our design was tying the egg to the top of the container. It really didn't do much because the tissue made limited moving space anyways.

If  I was to do this again but with 2 eggs, i would do the same thing but i would need to put a soft barrier between the eggs  because the biggest danger to the egg is the other egg. I would probably put a piece of cardboard wrapped in bubble wrap in between the eggs still with the tissues around it. I would also probably need a slightly bigger container to hold both eggs and have enough room for tissues.
 

Egg drop Success? YES!
Mass of container- 76.1g
Mass of egg- 57.2g
Mass of bag- 2.7
Score- 147.05
Drop time- 1.29s



Our container falling!!!!!! 



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