Egg Drop Contest - General - Facepunch Forum

[QUOTE=69105;24945737]I never said it was hard -- I was implying that no high school students are going to actually sit down and do it.[/QUOTE] so is high school the same as elementary school, now?

There is one super simple way to win this. [B]Make a cone.[/B] That's it. Make it out of whatever material you want, preferably something that wouldn't crumple instantly on impact (Stonger than plain paper) When I did it it was with some of that `1/4cm thick construction foam thing, but it depends on the height. Have the tip of the cone face down, when it hits, the cone will take all the pressure, and all of the pressure on the egg will be distributed evenly on the outside of the egg (due to the way the egg sits in the cone), instead of on a single point on the bottom of the egg. The cone should be pretty thin, like 30 degrees. Not some wide ass 150 degree cone. Make sure to cover the top with something too and add a bit of padding all over the place, you don't want the egg to survive the fall only to roll out and break on the pavement when the cone falls over. It was funny the first time I did it. Me and a friend were walking around a cruise ship, bored, and we walked into a room where they were prepping their egg drop stuff. There were a ton of people working for what had already been 2 hours, and the lady announced that they only had 15 minutes left. We figured we might as well join in for the hell of it, so we took a piece of construction foam, curled it into a cone, held it together with some tape, then cut another sheet of it into some small confetti type pieces, put a tiny bit on the bottom of the cone, and the rest on top of the egg. We taped up the top so it wouldn't fall out, and that was it. Really simple, took 5 minutes. We started looking around at what others had done, and you wouldn't believe how complex some of them were. There were these kids that made a bin, about 1 foot in diameter, and spent 2 hours cutting up paper to use as confetti to cushion the impact of just dropping the egg into it. And that wasn't even the most complicated one. In the end, we were the only ones that dropped the egg intact. There's a lesson to be learned here, simple is best. Don't bother with parachutes and all that, in fact, with this method it will be even worse, since with a parachute it will be dragged off to the side, so instead of taking all the force directly into the tip of the cone, the sideways momentum would tip over the cone and the egg would take all the impact on 1 point on the side. [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B65gCPJ3AK4/SAeGl2SIyoI/AAAAAAAABlE/Om7rop62EAU/s320/egg-drop1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B65gCPJ3AK4/SAeKjmSIypI/AAAAAAAABlM/jJnd546NZMA/s1600/egg-drop2.jpg[/IMG]

Nails.

A string and a pulley.

[QUOTE=Errorproxy;24938615]So for Physics, we have to drop a raw egg (unfrozen) from bleachers and retrieve the egg unbroken. We make a package that prevents the egg from being broken. ( 30 cm on each side) We are timed from when we take the egg out. Ideas? So basically, [B]design a transport mechanism to deliver a packaged raw chicken egg from the top of the stadium bleachers to the ground below and retrieve the unbroken egg as quickly as possible.[/B][/QUOTE] Sounds like what I did in my Physics class last year. Mine didn't work :mad:

Did this in science last year. I took a small box (about 6 in long, 4 in wide, and about 3 in tall or something, dunno, not good at memorizing this shit), took some rope and made two lines across the long side a few inches apart from each other. Then, I made an X of rope across the centre. I took a small ziplock bag and taped it under all the ropes. I put a bit of newspaper and the egg in there, and sealed the bag. I then put a little bit of newspaper around it inside the box. I also made a lid for the box using a piece of cardboard and taped it shut. It was very light and blew sideways because of the wind (you might want to add some more weight to it somehow), but the egg made it safely. The general idea was that the ropes would absorb the shock when the box lands and prevent the egg from hitting the edges of the box when the box hit the ground. It was ingenious and when me and my partner did this, we were like the only ones in the class who didn't have a mess of egg to clean up.

Use peanut butter and marshmallows.

Did this in eight grade, except we were only supposed to use round tooth pics. Mine was the only survivor out of the entire class :smug:

[QUOTE=heavy artillery;24938630]parachute[/QUOTE] This, but in a small crate for awesomeness.

Yeah, using thick foods like peanut butter and jello might be a good idea. And marshmallows.

I remember this in 5th? grade. Some person put his/her egg in a teddy bear. The bear had eggshells in it's brain. :saddowns:

Jar of peanut butter open up put egg in middle. done.

[QUOTE=sbradford26;24951201]Jar of peanut butter open up put egg in middle. done.[/QUOTE] LOL, I was thinking that. It'd be mess to take out though. Let alone get it out as fast as you can. I think I'll use marshmallows. Er.. any other shock absorbers that aren't foods?

[QUOTE=Errorproxy;24951235]LOL, I was thinking that. It'd be mess to take out though. Let alone get it out as fast as you can. I think I'll use marshmallows. Er.. any other shock absorbers that aren't foods?[/QUOTE] No really just keep it in a ziplock bag push the bag in and then leave the top out. So once it is done just rip off the top and pull the bag out. That is what I did for mine. Also petroleum jelly as an alternative.

[QUOTE=sbradford26;24951261]No really just keep it in a ziplock bag push the bag in and then leave the top out. So once it is done just rip off the top and pull the bag out. That is what I did for mine. Also petroleum jelly as an alternative.[/QUOTE] A ziplock bag full of peanut butter with egg in the middle?

[QUOTE=Errorproxy;24951284]A ziplock bag full of peanut butter with egg in the middle?[/QUOTE] No no no you put the egg in the bag then put the egg and bag into the peanut butter jar. Drop then pull bag out with egg.

This sounds like a bit of fun. I wish my science lessons had been like this.

[QUOTE=iusehax;24940016]OP is 12. No really he must be I did this when I was 12.[/QUOTE] Wrong sir. This is OP (according to YouTube): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofm5zBl1jQU[/media] (Unless you think that's 12...)

[QUOTE=Errorproxy;24951235]LOL, I was thinking that. It'd be mess to take out though. Let alone get it out as fast as you can. I think I'll use marshmallows. Er.. any other shock absorbers that aren't foods?[/QUOTE] My suggestion. Ropes.

[QUOTE=W00tbeer1;24953357]Wrong sir. This is OP (according to YouTube): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofm5zBl1jQU[/media] (Unless you think that's 12...)[/QUOTE] Yes, and check out my other videos. They're amazing. [url]http://www.youtube.com/user/Theonegamefreak[/url] Holy shit, I just noticed I have 23 suscribers.

Scotch tape some lead to it

Isn't there a limitation of some kind? Because if you can use any material as much as you want then it is no problem at all. When I was in physics class we could only use 50 plastic straws with a meter of tape. The winning design was simply a large box with the egg supported in the center. It had so much air resistance that the egg survived a two-story drop.

[QUOTE=Restrooms;24954377]Isn't there a limitation of some kind? Because if you can use any material as much as you want then it is no problem at all. When I was in physics class we could only use 50 plastic straws with a meter of tape. The winning design was simply a large box with the egg supported in the center. It had so much air resistance that the egg survived a two-story drop.[/QUOTE] Read the OP, those are the rules. If there were any material limitations, I'd state them. [editline]05:20AM[/editline] Holy shit. Non-newtonian liquid looks perfect. Although will it be easy (fast) to extract the egg?

nah it'd be pretty messy

Porcupine it. Make it so the egg is covered by multiple spike which are at-least a cm away from the egg. The spikes will absorb the contact with the ground, but will stop the egg from breaking. When you have to take it out all you have to do is cut off the spikes with a machete or create hatch at the top which is locked down with a rubber band or two.

Poke 2 holes in the egg and blow the insides out. Fill it with a liquid rubber. Coat the whole thing in liquid rubber as well.

I did it when I was like nine. It was a school competition and we are limited to use 10 straws and 20cm tape. Made the straws into a pyramid (it was hard), tape it all together. Managed to survive the 5m drop.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;24954670]Porcupine it. Make it so the egg is covered by multiple spike which are at-least a cm away from the egg. The spikes will absorb the contact with the ground, but will stop the egg from breaking. When you have to take it out all you have to do is cut off the spikes with a machete or create hatch at the top which is locked down with a rubber band or two.[/QUOTE] No tools.

Just bloody cover it with 3-4 sponges and then with paper

I remember doing this in middle school. My egg drop consisted of a balloon and paper towels. The egg did not break.