Whenwelatermeasured, wefoundthatthedrumhadcrumpledinto a perfectequallateralprism, whichmightnotsurpriseyouif, unlikebyheart, youpreferyourmathspotatoeswith a minimumamountofgravy.
Youseefor a givenperimetertheequallateraltriangleandclosestheminimumamountofareaofanyregularpolygon.
Sothedronewasoptimizingtomaketheminimumvolumeinitsinterior, whichiswhatyou'd expectbecausethere's a vacuuminthere.
Isn't thatawesome?
Thatisawesome.
Uhhuh.
Thatfeelsgood.
What?
YoureallywarmNow?
Youmayhavenoticedthatthebigdrumcrumpledintoanequilateralprism, whereasthesmallerdrumcrumpledintosomethingresembling a hexagon.
I mean, onething I wasthinkingwasthatperhapstheywerecreatedindifferentways, somaybetheywereweldedindifferentpoints, andthatexplainsthestructurethatwesaw.