Our container met the design specifications because it is smaller than the 25-cm * 25-cm * 25-cm requirements. We didn't use any liquids in our container, and our egg survived the drop of 5m. It was constructed with a thick cardboard box, which we lined with layers of styrofoam and bubble wrap on the bottom and along the sides.We also had a styrofoam cup inside a plastic cup holding the egg for the first drop.Then we decided we didn't need them anymore and proceeded to drop the egg without the cups, and our egg survived. We then stuffed the remainder of the box with pillow stuffing, leaving a small opening in the middle for the egg. Lastly, we secured the box shut with two pieces of duct tape.
On test day our design was successful in the dropping of 5m.
We made one modification on test day, we decided to take out the cups as they were no longer needed.
On launch day, Jonathan and I anticipate our container will do very well. We believe our egg will survive the drop because we have previously dropped it from approximately 12 meters with the egg being unharmed.
Good luck to all the other teams competing against us on Friday, September 24/2010, may the best team win!
Thanks for reading,
Paige Linski.
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