Egg Drop Challenge - Iteration #2

Total Number of Achievements Earned:  18

Achievements made:


Brainstorming
-Create a sketch of one possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of another possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of a third possible solution. Include labels.

Material Size:
-Your materials fit inside a printer paper box
-Your materials fit inside a shoe box


Material Weight:
-Your materials weigh less than 500 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 300 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 200 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 150 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 100 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 50 grams.


Drop Accuracy:
-You hit the butcher paper!
-You hit inside the third ring!
-You hit inside the second ring!
-You hit inside the first ring!


Egg Resilience:
-Your egg broke but the yolk remained intact.
-Your egg cracked but the yolk stayed inside and intact. 


Calculation Achievements:
-Describe an aspect of the event using calculus.


The best design was a double sided bowl with padding within it.  The padding was soft but also tight so no major movement was induced on the egg.


Changes:


I would have kept our original parachute on the design to decrease the velocity that it would fall as our speed caused our egg to crack.  

Glider of Pure Awesome

The Challenge is that we have to build a glider that will fly for the longest amount of time and the furthest distance.


Brainstorming:

• a single large wing
• a large wing and a smaller tail

Criteria
We must build a glider using the provided materials that will glide as far as possible and for the longest amount of time


Constraints

• can only use materials provided
• must be able to last more than one throw
• must actually fly

Develop Solution

Our test flight showed that we needed to add weight to the front of our glider lest it immediately flip back at us like a boomerang.

Also after more flights we placed the weight at the correct position for optimal flight.

I want the glider to be able to float on the wind and from my original plans the wings were smaller but our group decided to enlarge them for the most possible lift force.

Competition:

Our glider performed very well when launched from an angle to the wind that was greater than zero although I actually thought that zero degrees would be optimal.  Once launched at an angle it would float on the wind quite well.

Changes:


If i could change anything on our glider it would definitely be our means of attaching the frame to the tissue paper and the frame to itself as the hot glue was messy and would not hold very well.


Overall a success.