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2014-15 Egg Drop Lab Video

Humpty Dumpty's November 2015 Egg Drop Competition

FallingEggs  

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
Names
Mass
Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
Time 4
Time 5
Time 6
Avg Time
Mass/Time Ratio
Survival
Rank
(g)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(sec)
(g/s)
Fedor
1007.70
4.10
4.52
4.63
4.69
4.73
5.02
4.64
217.06
Affirmative
1
Rachel & Sarah
832.30
5.43
5.52
5.55
5.56
5.61
6.13
5.56
149.69
Affirmative
2
Jimmy & Murph
524.30
5.51
5.71
5.81
5.81
5.94
5.99
5.82
90.12
Affirmative
3
David & Soo
588.6
8.21
8.43
8.69
8.77
8.82
9.22
8.88
66.32
Affirmative
4
Denner, Dennis, & Fagan
316.20
7.22
7.28
7.50
7.65
7.70
8.00
7.53
41.98
Affirmative
5
Dillon, Justine, & Tatum
378.00
9.58
9.67
9.69
9.70
9.70
9.86
9.69
39.01
Affirmative
6
Beckett, Garret, Joe, Tristan
167.60
6.70
6.81
6.84
6.92
7.00
7.40
6.89
24.32
Affirmative
7
Natalie, Saara, and Danielle
195.70
9.42
9.45
9.51
9.52
9.64
9.71
9.49
20.61
Affirmative
8
Stephen
160.30
9.83
10.54
10.58
10.93
11.00
11.30
10.76
14.89
Affirmative
9
Derek & Zoe
108.50
9.63
9.64
9.73
9.79
9.79
9.81
9.74
11.14
Affirmative
10
Tristan
90.90
20.00
20.31
20.67
20.75
20.80
21.30
20.63
4.41
Affirmative
11
Amber & Lisa
1434.40
2.40
2.69
2.72
2.78
2.80
3.10
2.75
522.07
Scrambled
12
Alec, Eric, & Noah
563.70
5.09
5.25
5.32
5.33
5.39
5.99
5.32
105.91
Scrambled
13
Evan and Rusty
620.90
6.41
6.51
6.53
6.60
6.76
6.89
6.60
94.08
Scrambled
14
Teagan
357.10
4.36
4.40
4.53
4.61
4.86
5.00
4.60
77.63
Scrambled
15
Alex, Duman, & Tom
261.10
6.86
10.53
12.50
12.80
12.91
13.39
12.19
21.43
Scrambled
16
Richard
721.00
3.30
3.60
3.63
3.70
4.01
4.17
3.74
193.04
Scrambled
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Acceleration Due to Gravity
Mass
Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
Time 4
Time 5
Time 6
Avg Time
Warm Up                
Tennis Ball 4.12 4.13 4.15 4.18 4.55 4.73 4.25
LaCrosse Ball 159.85 2.93 3.25 3.25 3.27 3.50 3.63 3.32
Averages do not include
Shot Put 1714.90 3.21 3.39 3.39 3.59 3.62 3.67 3.50
lowest and highest time.
             
Part 1:                
Tennis Balls                
No Pennies 55.04 3.74 3.76 3.79 3.83 3.80 4.00 3.80
10 Pennies 87.95 3.61 3.68 3.71 3.87 3.83 4.04 3.77
50 Pennies 187.74 3.41 3.48 3.51 3.54 3.58 3.78 3.53
             

High speed video of vehicle impact.

 
             

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