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Because that was sooooooooo popular in actual competition in '06 to deflect balls from the overhead goals.
Nice in theory, but I never saw it used in competition.



As far as my suggestion, I would use the styrafoam based "beans" in a bean bag chair.
You just need to find the right amount that will actually stop the Egg before it hits the bottom of the container you put it in.

Think of CSI's rendition of a ballistics test: Not the gel based one most are familar with, but a chamber with beads that stops the velocity in a short distance but doesn't damage the actual bullet.

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I have a physics experiment to use only 5 sheets of regular computer paper and 1 meter of masking tape to build something to hold a raw egg and drop it from 10 feet and then drop it from almost 30 feet. Whichever model can prevent the egg from cracking at all, and has the overall lowest mass wins and receives more points for the project. Any possibility anybody can suggest any ideas?
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Use two piece of computer paper to make a "cone" or "rocket." Use 1 computer paper to surround the egg and use the 2 piece of computer paper and make a "cushion" around the cone (on the pointy side).

When you drop the cone, point it down. As the pointy side hits the floor, the pointy side will take the impact. As long as you can securely place the egg, it shouldn't crack.
If this is indeed not the naked drop but a standard egg drop... Arefin's method works well! When we recently did this, the students also reserved 1 1/2 of the pieces of paper and formed a parachute using strips of paper to attach the sheet of paper to the wide end of the cone at 4 to 6 locations. They then held it by the center of the parachute to launch. Multiple teams used versions of the same designs and as long as the eggs stayed in the cone, they never broke. (Higher and Higher and Higher!) The judges finally had all the teams with a parachute remove the parachute and drop just the cones to determine the winner.
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