Monday, March 28, 2011

Egglander or Egg Failure?

Today we were given a new project which would begin on wednesday; it is a gliding egg lander. Let's start by defining aerodynamics. It is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air. Now what does this have to do with eggs? Well as I mentioned, the egg does have to somewhat fly and to be successful in doing so, we have to know some information about aerodynamics: the study of air and its motion. For this project we will be given 25 straws, one sheet of newspaper, and a limited amount of tape. Learning that was all we had to work with, my group and I got really depressed. However, as Mr.Chung always says: never get freaked out by problems; just slowly and intelligently work it out (changed into my own words of course haha)... To do well on this project, the best thing would be to determine what kind of shape we should use to protect the egg. Obviously the first thing that came into my mind is the structure of a hang glider. Therefore to make our egg glide well enough, making wings for it would be a good idea and making a cushion is good for a safe landing. More brainstorming will be needed evidently but hopefully we can make a good egglander :)


A design I liked made by well some kids in college :P
A design of a hang glider

1 comment:

  1. Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa - Mapyro
    Hotel 세종특별자치 출장마사지 AddressCodeLocation: 714 Ocean Ave. BORGATA - BORGATA - BORGATA - 안동 출장샵 BORGATA 포천 출장안마 - BORGATA. ENCORE AND VILLAGE: 714 714 양산 출장샵 714 777 Dr Atlantic City, NJ 08401. 충주 출장안마

    ReplyDelete