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2014-15 Egg Drop Lab Video

Humpty Dumpty's November 2016 Egg Drop Competition

FallingEggs  

Intervale Ski Jumps

   

Previous Results: 2004 through 2015

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)    
Simon 803.40 5.75 5.93 5.96 5.94 5.76 6.16 5.90 136.23 Survived 1
Lily & Palmer 1395.4 11.97 12.06       12.38 12.06 115.70 Survived 2
Jax & Nemo 750 6.50 6.53 6.56 6.64 6.59 6.72 6.58 113.98 Survived 3
Chenghong 381.70 3.75 3.77 3.81 3.76   3.81 3.78 100.98 Survived 4
Kevin II 677.70 9.59 9.72 9.65 9.91 9.7 10.06 9.75 69.54 Survived 5
P.O. 421.90 10.15 10.71 10.64 10.75 10.69 10.94 10.70 39.44 Survived 6
Charlie 202.10 6.59 6.66 6.75 6.69 6.81 6.87 6.73 30.04 Survived 7
Palmer 157.50 5.97 6.12 6.28 6.46   6.47 6.29 25.05 Survived 8
Kevin I 197.70 8.35 8.6 8.65 8.5 8.6 8.72 8.59 23.02 Survived 9
Sabby 1497.50 3.28 3.61 3.59 3.41   4.00 3.54 423.42 Srambled 10
Viljami & Will 1500.00 4.09 4.31 4.17 4.28   4.81 4.25 352.66 Srambled 12
Jo Jo 1453.00 4.45 4.50 4.53 4.66 4.78 4.90 4.62 314.67 Srambled 13
Eric 840.80 3.28 3.30 3.38 3.36   3.68 3.35 251.24 Srambled 14
Ivan 948.30 4.50 4.78 4.78 4.51 4.58 5.38 4.66 203.39 Srambled 15
Abby & Olivia 714.40 4.30 4.63 4.78 4.50   4.98 4.64 154.08 Srambled 16
Nikki & Syd 621.90 4.97 5.03 5.15 5.25 5.23 5.28 5.17 120.41 Srambled 17
Jo Jo 100 3.70 3.78 3.56 4.06 3.84 4.09 3.81 26.25 Srambled 18
                       
                       
Warm Up                      
LaCrosse Ball 159.85 3.18 3.41 3.53     3.62 3.47      
Shot Put 1714.90 2.98 3.13 3.44 3.33   3.50 3.30      
                       
Part 1                      
Tennis Balls                      
No Pennies 55.04 3.53 3.69 3.66 3.67 3.67 3.99 3.67      
10 Pennies 87.95 3.28 3.81 3.72 3.53 3.30 4.00 3.59      
50 Pennies 187.74 3.03 3.53 3.21 3.16 3.34 3.62 3.31      
             

High speed video of vehicle impact.

 
             

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