Naked Egg Drop- Any Experience?

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by chez0011

No, this is not about Skinny-dipping!!!

I have a physics project where I need to drop a grade-A large egg from 7 meters into a "catcher" The catcher has no restrictions except that the first thing the egg touches cannot be over 10 cm high. I get extra points for a working catcher under 5 cm. No points if egg bounces and breaks on concrete or for missing the catcher. No hard-boiled eggs.


Any experience shared would be appreciated. I would like to cut down on research and development time if possible. I have until 3-21-06 to complete this.

My thoughts;
1. choclate pudding
2. sheet with small weights on corners draped over a 10cm box-possibly with a low density foam instead of a bottom, just sidewalls on box.
3. Soak egg in a solution rendering it more elastic-last option.
4. layered sheets of paper with 1/2cm spacing.

Ever see how stuntmen jump off 3 and 4 story buildings, as if they were Bruce Willis? The human body is very much "the egg" in these stunts.

They basically have a bag of air that the stuntman jumps onto, but it has openings as well that allow the air to escape quickly enough that he isn't hitting a solid surface, but slowly enough so it cushions him and absorbs the energy before he hits the ground. You've got to figure out what the proper flow rate out of the bag is, so all energy is dissipated as the egg finally reaches the ground.