Egg Drop Contest

[R2K2D2]

This is one way that I have done this in the past. Take some long durable straws. Put rubber bands around your egg and then place the straws all around your egg and either tie them together or use rubberbands to constrain them. So basically, you will have this spikey ball (made from the straws jutting out in different directions, with the ball in the center. I have dropped this from a very high staircase and it worked perfectly. The straws will take all the impact and crumple, if needed, and the egg will be safe. The straws allow the structure to bounce and be impact resistant.

[c-squared_2006]

Well, please let us know how you did!

[Pat Roche]

Wrap lots of bubble wrap and duct tape on it....thats what they pack things with for shipping...must work..

-Pat

[Duke 13370]

When i did this i used a less dense padding around the egg, then a slightly more stiff layer then another layer, and so on for like 3 more layers. It fit in a box about the size you needed, after dropping it 30 feet easily, we played a quick game of football with it until someone drop kicked the box. it got messy then.

it might have been bigger. meh! whatever

[Gabriel]

I had to do this once. I was thinking about designing a parachute and some airbags, but after thinking a long time I found the PERFECT mechanism. Here are the step-by-step instructions

1. Go to your school's mailroom and get a box for an empty ream of copier paper.
2. Go around to all the laser printers and collect as much standard 8 1/2 x 11 paper as you can. Reams of paper where the pages are attached work the best.
3. Put half a ream of paper in the bottom of the box. Put egg on top, put the other half ream on top of that.
4. If you have any extra room fill it with bricks. Your whole school building is probably made of bricks and chances are they can spare a few.
5. Obtain a sharpie or other permanent marker.
6. Using letters several inches high name your creation "THE PHOENIX"

[Clark Gilbert]

Originally Posted by sigmakid108

For my physics class I need to design a way to have a raw egg fall 30 ft without cracking. For full points, it needs to be under 4 inches in lenght and width. Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks in Advance.

Inflatable airbags!! Do it the NASA way!

I would use this memory foam stuff that NASA created way back whenever. Also if you could get your hands on a goose down pillow that would probaby work really well. A parachute would be really cool, but if you can't attach anything to the egg then it's not possible.