3) Today (Monday Feb. 17th) we met to construct our model and make our try it out for the first time.
4) When we dropped our design it flipped over and fell head first, therefore the cone did not crumple and the egg splattered all over the floor.
4) When we dropped our design it flipped over and fell head first, therefore the cone did not crumple and the egg splattered all over the floor.
5) The feedback we got from our experiment was very constructive. We found out that because the egg was at the top of the cone it had a terrible center of gravity, thus allowing the smallest amount of wind to tip over the model. We decided to shove the egg deeper into the cone so that it had a stronger center of gravity (like the Rooney vs Crouch example). Since the flaps didn't seem to help much we also decided to remove those. Here is our new blueprint.
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