Connor Coughlin's Egg Drop

EGG DROP

For our individual egg drop, I went with a different approach to the rest of the class. The majority of the class used parachutes to slow down the speed that the egg fell to the ground in an attempt to keep it from breaking. My approach was a structure that housed my egg and padded it for the impact. I first used a red disposable cup and padded the insides with a ton of cotton balls that surrounded the egg. the structure around the cup, was a series of popsicle sticks. I went with a square design on the top and bottom with 4 sticks to make a square on each end, then I wanted to glue four sticks around the body of the cup, also supporting the two square ends. Those four sticks in my view acted as support beams. They weren't properly held because the glue wouldn't dry in time, so I used rubber bands as an alternative that pulled both square ends together with the red cup and support sticks separating the two ends. I also used padding in between the cup and beams to try and soften the landing when it hit the ground, that way it would reduce the chance of the red cup breaking in the impact. In the test, when i dropped it, i believe i rolled it wrong or dropped it too close to the wall. But overall the design failed, my plan was to go for a light structure that could handle the impact, or the popsicle sticks take most of the force of the impact and break that way the cup would hit the ground with little or no force.

Connor Coughlin
When Eggs Fly Inc.