Egg Drop Project (details inside.)

[royalpizza]

I have an egg drop project due this upcoming friday. I'm aiming for the double-not-so-secret-extra-bonus credit which basically means....

 

- 2 eggs

- no parachute

- dropped from 10 meters (school flagpole)

- must fit in a 5 gallon (12 inch diameter, 14 inch height ) bucket

- can use any materials, but nothing can be directly attached to the eggs.

- teacher provides eggs so no hardboiling

- best design get extra credit on top of all that double not so secret extra bonus credit.

help?

[John Cuthber]

How can you arrange this

"but nothing can be directly attached to the eggs. "

The eggs won't just "float" in the middle of the structure.

 

Incidentally, I think a bucket of porridge would do the trick.

Edited November 2, 2013 by John Cuthber

[Externet]

-Make a box from six glued bath sponges, where the eggs will fit in. A centre sponge division to keep the eggs apart provides extra insurance.

-Attach helium balloons all around the sponge box, in the amount that will fit in the bucket and will eventually land instead of flying too far away.

-Claim your extra bonus credits

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Edited November 2, 2013 by Externet

[michel123456]

[royalpizza]

How can you arrange this

"but nothing can be directly attached to the eggs. "

The eggs won't just "float" in the middle of the structure.

 

Incidentally, I think a bucket of porridge would do the trick.

Can't directly attach anything to the egg as in you can't tape/glue anything on to the egg. So for example: if I wanted to just tape a parachute onto it, I wouldn't be able to because it'd be against the rules. does that make more sense? I'm not sure.

[imatfaal]

Frankly I don't know if John's porridge idea would work (I rather think it would) but I would pay good money to see it tried by a school physics class

Or if not porridge - what about custard? Exploit the strange behaviour of a non-newtonian fluid; the custard will almost solidify as the shock wave hits it and reliquidise as it relaxes.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Newtonian_fluid

[Delta1212]

Would the "solid" custard protect the egg from the shock or transfer it more easily, though?

[imatfaal]

Would the "solid" custard protect the egg from the shock or transfer it more easily, though?

Who knows - I certainly don't. But that's science - got to actually try to find out.

[ADreamIveDreamt]

A cup of water.

[Greg H.]

My daughter had to do this experiment in science class last year. We wrapped her egg in a thick cushion of large size bubble wrap and then put the whole kit in a bucket of packing peanuts. It survived, for whatever that's worth.

 

Although I too would pay money to see the porridge and/or custard bucket tried.