Egg Drop project |
 Apr 22 2006, 05:01 AM
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The Pope  Group: Member Posts: 371 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,272  |
Anyone could help me? Im out of idea's. I made a large triangle shape base but i just dont know what to put over it so it can fly. Any suggestions on a base for the egg holder and a base for the flying device, and what kind of string i should use. I cant use duct tape nor peanut better or that kinda stuff. I can use masking tape tho. HELP!
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Apr 22 2006, 08:53 PM
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The Pope Group: Member Posts: 371 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,272 |
Any help? I need help badly.
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Apr 23 2006, 12:46 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 189 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 63,312 |
i honestly have no idea, the one i did didn't require us to fly it, try this site: http://users.adelphia.net/~jberger5/eggdrop.html
or you could image google egg drop projects? i remember i saw this site with all these pictures of projects on it once.. |
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Apr 23 2006, 01:19 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
Ahhh I won one of these competitions a few years ago for using the lightest material.
 Use a big and light plastic bag (make sure the material is thin enough) to act as a parachute. Tie it onto your base. And for the base, I suggest you to make it spiky so that your egg won't break easily. Like a sea urchin:  Straws would be good (I used them last time) between they're not that hard and somehow flexible. Use masking tape to stick loads of straws sticking out in different directions but MAKE SURE that it won't roll when landing. Good luck with it! |
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Apr 23 2006, 01:29 AM
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 Sing to Me Group: Member Posts: 1,825 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,808 |
use something to slow the velocity of the drop like a parachute or something that is light with a large surface area.
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Apr 23 2006, 01:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 189 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 63,312 |
also, rice krispies work pretty well, (i won with rice krispies/straws in a styrofoam cup with balloons as padding for the landing area, but this was only a drop of 6m and didnt require it to "fly"; we also had a volume limit) change them after the test runs though lol
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Apr 23 2006, 02:15 AM
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The Pope Group: Member Posts: 371 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,272 |
Im planning to make a square shape with 8 sticks and tissue paper. Im using yarn as string to hold up my base wich is holding the egg. The base is considered as a milk carton. Under the milik carton im going to put a small balloon so the impact won't effect the base too much. So its a square with 4 bars going down. Think it will work?
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Apr 23 2006, 03:28 AM
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say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
Balloon? It might burst when landing.
Just as long as the egg is protected on all sides, it's fine. |
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Apr 23 2006, 05:02 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,799 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,450 |
OOOH!!
I USED A PINATA! go an buy bubble wrap. really cheap. wrap your egg in bubble wrap and stuff it in a pinata. pinatas are strong. they're meant to be hit. haha works great. i got an a+. =] |
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Apr 26 2006, 06:02 PM
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 =] Group: Member Posts: 1,910 Joined: Jun 2005 Member No: 156,614 |
I think I did that in the 5th grade..haha...
Well, Straws and spagghetti works good for this. it keeps the eggs from breaking. You have to tie the straws around with a rubber band and the spagghetti also. |
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