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Christian Dietz- success
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Catherine Thurston--scrambled
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Natalie Rodriguez-scrambled Before--top After--bottom
Sebastian Nunez--success Before--top After--bottom
Heather Danchise-- scrambled Before--top After--bottom
Eric Francisco- scrambled
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Michelle Soto- scrambled
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Madeline Mollinedo--over easy
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Brandon Pancham--success, despite small crack (insignificant)
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Tracy Jacot-- scrambled Before-- top After-- Bottom
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ReplyDeleteMy original design for this test was a simple looking basket for the egg but I quickly discarded that because I found it boring. So I decided maybe making a rocket looking design but as I was building it, It ended up looking more like the Eiffel tower and I liked it so I decided to stick to that. What made my piece successful in the drop I believe it was because of the sticks that I put out on the sides. As it fell and landed the sticks was what took the impact and protected the egg from cracking. Honestly didn't really use to much straws or sticks I still had a lot left over. But that's what I did and it ended up working fine.
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ReplyDeleteMy initial idea for creating my piece was the structural design of round sphere constructed of individual triangle pieces. I wanted my desgin to be flexible but also sturdy enough to survive the shock and impact when it hit the ground. I built individual triangles with the elbows or bend of the straw. Soon to find out that i did not have sufficient straws and settled for a saucer-like shape. While the piece did the survive the fall, the egg did not. The egg inside was too loose and was not secured properly, it ended up being breaking on impact. If i could have done one thing different to make it work i would have built around the egg instead of just placing it inside my finished piece.
When I started to sketch out ideas for my structure, I designed a small base of wooden dowels and drinking straws. I began to attach the pieces and doubled the size of the foundation, placing a spiral of straws in between the dowels of my kite-like bottom piece. I secured the egg in place using some extra dowels. I tied them into place and reinforced it with some tape. I was confident in my final design, but unfortunately my egg did not survive the drop. I believe my main problem was the fact that the bottom of my structure was completely flat. If I were to create a new structure, I would most likely bend the foundation downwards. I believe this would slow the egg down during the drop, and lessen the harsh impact.
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For my design, the concept I went for was to create something that would allow the egg to "levitate or float" within the structure. This was done, in theory, to minimize contact of the egg and let the structure dampen the landing. For the design of the cage, I used rotating squares, formed with the straws and reinforced with he skewers, which was inspired by the bridge with the rotating square arches. With the failure of my design, I believe it was the lack of tautness of the string and the structural integrity over overall.
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Hello! When I started drawing the sketch for the egg drop I actually started off with the exact idea that one of my fellow class mates had. However, I decided to use a different concept that to my displeasure failed. My poor egg did not get to see the light of day again. The concept I decided to use was named "Caging Lilies". Essentially the contraption had straws bent in half and wrapped around the egg in a flower like manner held together by a piece if twine, along with layers of straws to cushion the weaker points of the egg. sadly all that really did was add extra weight to the egg and as physics would dictate, it accelerated the speed of the eggs as it dropped. Thus ending my beloved egg's life. I feel that if I had used all the materials that I was given my chances of survival would have been higher. Lesson learned: "use what you have"
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Hello, everyone! The concept I had on mind was to use geometrical shapes, mainly triangles. I chose this design based on the idea that triangles are used in most structures due to their stability and ability to balance stretching and compressive forces inside the structure. Triangles were also easier to make with less materials. Unfortunately, my egg did not survive the test. The pyramid/cone shaped chassis was not a good method for containing the egg. Though the majority of the shell stayed the yolk was still able to popped out from the bottom side and the remains of Zoro slithered onto the blue tarp. My contraption was named "Ride or Die". Technically he did both.
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Hello!
ReplyDeleteSo, my egg drop was half successful. I thought my egg would crack completely but it didn't, it was cracked slightly with no leakage. During my design process, I was having lots of trouble conceptualizing. I went with the flow of tying skewers around the egg as a start. From there, I improvised and started to add anything to add as a cushion. I wanted to make sure my skewers were absolutely stable, so the egg will not touch the ground and take most of the impact. After the drop, I realized I did not take into consideration how tight the skewers were against my egg. The skewers were placed in random directions which probably caused the egg to crack. Although my egg did not spill, I can probably tweak my design to something geometrical for stability and take more consideration of impact.
^ Brandon Pancham
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ReplyDeleteMy first idea for the drop was to make it similar to a bird's nest, but I wanted to make sure it was enclosed. I had trouble planning different ideas. I then stuck to the idea of a teepee. If I were to try this again I would make sure to enclose it more.
Origonally i wanted to make something to cacoon the egg. Using the stacking of the straws to produce a triangular cacoon with tape holding it together, however that didnt work. So i went for susoending the egg in a woven twine harness and making a buffer bw the egg and incoming ground with straws. That also didnt work sadly.If i were to do this again for sure i would attempt to make a more supoortive structure surrounding the egg.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I feel like the way my structure fell was the downfall (no pun intended). I went for more of a raft approach where it had some support under the egg where there was more straw and tape. I thought it would had fell straight down and the straws would save the egg but that didn't happen. If I could fix my structure with my current knowledge, I'd have a lot more support around the entire egg to protect it.
ReplyDeleteI never had much doubt about my structure working. I knew very well of the steps needed to make this project a success, most importantly making sure that the skewers taking the initial impact of the drop. Regardless I still had a sense of anxiety from the moment i saw the drop itself haha. So proud of Ashley coming through for me.
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