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2014-15 Egg Drop Lab Video

Humpty Dumpty's November 2014 Egg Drop Competition

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Intervale Ski Jumps

   

Previous Results: 2004 through 2014

The students of Mr. Roy's Physics classes were challenged to design and construct vehicles to carry an egg safely from the 120 meter Ski Jump
observation platform (in free fall) to the ground. The vehicles were first scored relative to egg survival. The secondary scoring was via a mass/time
ratio, with the highest score winning. (Prior to the contest, tennis balls of various masses were dropped from the platform to determine the
acceleration due to gravity. Part 1)
             
Part 2 - Egg Drop
Mass
Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
Time 4
Time 5
Time 6
Avg Time
Mass/Time Ratio
Survival
Rank
Names
(g)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(g/s)
Moe
376.00
4.97
5.23
5.25
5.45
5.47
5.75
5.35
70.28
Affirmative
1
Aoi
431.20
8.47
8.50
8.57
8.59
8.69
8.78
8.59
50.21
Affirmative
2
Zack #2
589.40
8.01
8.11
8.60
8.36
70.54
Affirmative
3
Zack
589.40
13.75
17.01
17.39
18.02
19.68
21.65
18.03
32.70
Affirmative
4
 
Richard 3X
2800.00
3.98
3.99
4.00
4.01
4.02
4.13
4.01
699.13
Scrambled
1
Ian & Chris
1470.20
3.00
3.25
3.31
3.34
3.38
3.56
3.32
442.83
Scrambled
2
Jonathan
1468.10
3.53
3.55
3.62
3.66
3.69
3.88
3.63
404.44
Scrambled
3
Joe Moore & Samuel
1485.00
3.48
3.50
3.72
3.96
4.04
4.15
3.81
390.28
Scrambled
4
Trista & Doris
1302.70
3.46
3.48
3.68
3.81
3.95
3.73
349.25
Scrambled
5
Brooke & Larry
1211.40
3.31
3.58
3.68
3.69
3.75
3.97
3.68
329.63
Scrambled
6
Will & Zhen
834.30
3.49
3.53
3.58
3.58
3.61
3.66
3.58
233.37
Scrambled
7
Richard
684.40
3.41
3.52
3.52
3.56
3.78
3.93
3.60
190.38
Scrambled
8
Simon
693.80
3.69
3.75
3.79
4.06
4.09
4.17
3.92
176.88
Scrambled
9
Ivan & Joe McGuire
527.10
4.56
4.60
4.75
4.83
5.02
5.09
4.80
109.81
Scrambled
10
Chloe
404.30
3.64
3.78
4.01
4.05
4.08
4.18
3.98
101.58
Scrambled
11
Chenghong
276.90
3.44
3.47
3.48
3.50
3.75
3.55
78.00
Scrambled
12
Stepan
267.90
5.39
5.59
5.60
5.60
5.76
5.90
5.64
47.52
Scrambled
13
Mary
88.10
4.50
5.12
5.12
5.15
5.20
5.39
5.15
17.12
Scrambled
14
Bill, Calvin, & Yuqi
116.80
8.53
8.56
8.64
8.72
8.78
8.68
13.46
Scrambled
15
 
Part 1: Acceleration Due to Gravity
Mass
Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
Time 4
Time 5
Time 6
Avg Time
Warm Up
(g)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
LaCrosse Ball
159.85
3.58
3.68
3.86
3.99
3.99
3.88
Shot Put
1714.90
2.94
3.02
3.03
3.25
3.27
3.29
3.14
Averages do not include
lowest and highest time.
Part 1
Tennis Balls
No Pennies
55.04
3.99
4.19
4.21
4.22
4.27
4.84
4.22
10 Pennies
87.95
3.75
3.77
3.85
3.88
3.91
3.92
3.85
50 Pennies
187.74
3.37
3.41
3.42
3.46
3.52
3.75
3.45
             

High speed video of vehicle impact.

 
             

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