[RiceRobotica]

I had an egg drop recently and our restraints were much different. It must be the size of a shoe box, not a boot box. We could have NO kind of restraining drag. No parachutes, no bubble wrap, packing peanuts or expandable foam. Well, I filled a box with rice krispies, made a 3 way hammock with panty hose that the egg sat in and covered the box in air filled balloons. The balloons acted just like when the mars rover dropped and cushioned the fall. It actually help up the acceleration a bit, but it was constantly accelerating the entire time, just slower. The top and bottom, long, thin balloons would pop, instead of letting it bounce and possibly break the egg. It worked quite well. The class, though, made me take the balloons off. Needless to say, rice krispies were everywhere.