hey guys I know this is like a long time after this was all done, but I wanted to say that we were able to get 3.5 meters from this. (we missed the target after that so who knows how high we could have dropped it!) Surprisingly enough, the egg never broke, but the contraption bounced off the ground higher and higher.
That's not 2.5m, 2.5m is roughly 7.5 ft. I think you mean 2.5 ft. The difference in momentum is significantly different because the velocity of the egg would increase by a factor of 9 from 7.5 ft because 7.5 ft. is triple the height of 2.5 ft. So your contraption would probably kill your egg. What if that egg was a child? I WOULD SUE YOU!!!!
Thanks.
By the way, I think the guy on the right is cute ;)
It was. Test egg was dropped from a second story balcony into the catcher, height measured accurately using the metric tape measure shown in the video. And please re-check your conversions, as 2.5 Meters is greater than 8 feet.
In the real contest, with real raw eggs dropped from increasing heights from multi-story stairwell, the height survived was over 3 meters.
Advice: Big problem is missing the target from that high! Use a long dangling string, and practice drops with plastic egg first!
Just hot glue and toothpicks. We made some tests and found we had to use fewer toothpicks to get the energy to be absorbed. With too many toothpicks, it wasn't springy enough. Thanks for posting.
hey guys I know this is like a long time after this was all done, but I wanted to say that we were able to get 3.5 meters from this. (we missed the target after that so who knows how high we could have dropped it!) Surprisingly enough, the egg never broke, but the contraption bounced off the ground higher and higher.
mhw5043 2 months ago
2 people wanted to see an egg break...
BenBen153 9 months ago
That's not 2.5m, 2.5m is roughly 7.5 ft. I think you mean 2.5 ft. The difference in momentum is significantly different because the velocity of the egg would increase by a factor of 9 from 7.5 ft because 7.5 ft. is triple the height of 2.5 ft. So your contraption would probably kill your egg. What if that egg was a child? I WOULD SUE YOU!!!!
Thanks.
By the way, I think the guy on the right is cute ;)
quezz64 1 year ago
It was. Test egg was dropped from a second story balcony into the catcher, height measured accurately using the metric tape measure shown in the video. And please re-check your conversions, as 2.5 Meters is greater than 8 feet.
In the real contest, with real raw eggs dropped from increasing heights from multi-story stairwell, the height survived was over 3 meters.
Advice: Big problem is missing the target from that high! Use a long dangling string, and practice drops with plastic egg first!
TheWrightPlaceNJ 11 months ago
our school project is to catch an egg being dropped from 8m high 0.0
G4merGuy 1 year ago
i have to do this for a Winston Science Fair this November
mavsrock 2 years ago
The egg has landed, I repeat, the egg has landed...
Fa771n9 2 years ago 10
wow we're about to do this project awesome video for reference
deltasworder1x 3 years ago
Dang. That must've taken a long time to put together!
khflippinfreak 3 years ago
Neat , how did you get it to be so springy?
sk33212 3 years ago
Just hot glue and toothpicks. We made some tests and found we had to use fewer toothpicks to get the energy to be absorbed. With too many toothpicks, it wasn't springy enough. Thanks for posting.
TheWrightPlaceNJ 3 years ago
OH SNAP. look at the hight that thing got! hahah
melissavt 4 years ago
that's a pretty sweet design.
DaNorman 4 years ago