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2014-15 Egg Drop Lab Video

Humpty Dumpty's November 2017 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                      
   
Part 2 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) Survived  
Courtney (P) 1236.70 5.17 5.18 5.29 5.34 5.38 5.38 5.30 233.45 Survived 1
JaCob & Wim 578.40 4.42 4.46 4.53 4.67 4.70 4.82 4.59 126.01 Survived 2
Isaac (P) 344.30 4.20 4.27 4.30 4.32 4.37   4.32 79.79 Survived 3
Karli & Aleksei (P) 419.80 5.06 5.10 5.53 5.55   5.31 79.06 Survived 4
Minghui 161.03 9.06 9.40 9.53 9.53 9.60 9.68 9.52 16.92 Survived 5
Sarah & Jane (P) 1479.20   3.65 3.92 4.44     4.00 369.49 Scambled 6
Weston & Paul (P) 1376.30 3.72 3.72 3.76 3.83 3.86 4.10 3.79 362.90 Scambled 7
Trevor & Matt (P) 982.00 3.85 4.09 4.10 4.18 4.26   4.16 236.20 Scambled 8
Hugh & Matt (P) 566.30 4.40 4.43 4.48 4.55 4.70 4.71 4.54 124.74 Scambled 9
Beth & Morgan (P) 389.70 5.12 5.25 5.36 5.42 5.62 5.73 5.41 72.00 Scambled 10
                       
                       
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LaCrosse Ball 159.85 3.38 3.49 3.56 3.64 3.71 4.10 3.60      
Shot Put 1714.90 3.26 3.38 3.43 3.43 3.50 3.84 3.44      
                       
Part 1                      
Tennis Balls                      
No Pennies 55.04 3.80 3.84 3.97 4.00 4.06 4.21 3.97      
10 Pennies 87.95 3.60 3.61 3.63 3.65 3.71 3.79 3.65      
50 Pennies 187.74 3.3 3.35 3.55 3.71 3.72 4.08 3.58      
             

High speed video of vehicle impact.

 
             

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