Egg Rocket

4/26/2013

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     A while ago, my egg drop worked with a lot of ease. The next step is to get a 9 by 12 inch mechanism onto a 2 by 2 inch mechanism. I am thinking about have 2 parachutes. One parachute will be connected to the egg mechanism. The egg mechanism will also have styrofoam on the other side. This way we have the parachute to slow down the speed of the mechanism which will decrease the speed. The styrofoam is on the other side to absorb the shock when the egg hits the ground. The other parachute will be on the rocket. When the engine makes the final pop, the egg mechanism will deploy, and the parachute will come out, and the parachute on the rocket will also come out. This way, both the egg, and the rocket will survive. 


      Also, if Mr.West ever wanted to reuse my rocket, all he would have to do is insert the engine. I don't like the idea of having the egg comeback down with the rocket. I think that there is a very good chance of at least part of the rocket breaking at the very least, and some eggs will also break. I hope our egg survives! I'll tell you how it went once we launch.
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Egg Drop Success!

4/12/2013

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Our Egg Drop worked! Our design had styrofoam on the sides and bottom. This is when the egg drop hits the ground, the styrofoam will absorb the shock. The parachute is also to help the egg drop. It is to slow down the speed of the egg drop and to absorb the shock. When Mr. West was getting ready to drop our Egg Drop, he had to quickly tape the parachute again. We thought that our parachute was a fail, and our egg drop was to heavy. We were wrong. It was not to heavy, it was just right, and our egg drop slowly glided down to safety. Some of the other eggs had small cracks which caused the eggs to drip with yolk. It was gooey and disgusting. Only 3 of 19 egg drops failed in our class. On the other hand, 13 out of 22 egg drops failed in Mr. West's first period class. We were very excited. Some of the ideas were very complex. Now, the next step is to figure out how to put a raw egg on a rocket. This will be very interesting.
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Egg Drop

4/5/2013

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      In Mr. West's class, we are doing an egg drop. Mr. West is going to go on top of the roof and drop our egg drop structure. We are going to insert an egg on the day of the egg drop which is supposed to be April, 12. The goal is to make sure that the egg will survive. Originally we came up with an elevator idea, and that when the box hits the floor, the egg moves a little but not enough to break the egg. This didn't work out very well, and we are adding a parachute, and we are going to get some marshmallows to put on the inside. I looked up the parachute idea, and it did not work very well. When my friend threw his into the air, it came back down softly. I am going to build a parachute this weekend or at least get the supplies to build one.
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