It can have a parachute not bigger than a foot (no limit on string length), the protective area around the egg can stick out no more than one inch, and it cannot be boiled.
2007-01-10 14:23:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Here's what we did:
Materials:
1 empty soup can
1 jello mix
1 egg
1 yard of cotton
You wrap the egg in cotton (twice around) and suspend it in jello.
It worked for me when dropped from a distance of 20 feet. The egg didn't break, but my hand was cut up trying to get the egg out.
Don't do the parachute unless it's required. You can't control a parachute and it can just add weight if it's not executed properly.
2007-01-10 14:27:47 · answer #1 · answered by FaZizzle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try a rammed air chute design, and a shock absorbing rolling chassis. A light weight foam cylinder or ovoid might work. Forward momentum should prevent the shock of landing from directing throght the egg and let it slowly roll to a stop.
2007-01-10 22:41:21 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We did this at a teambuilding event.......tape the egg...and then if you are provided a straw like we were use the straw as a "tray" if you will. Fold the straw into a square shape and keep the egg nested in it, taped to it. Then parachute it and it should stay.
2007-01-10 22:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by Drea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im realy not sure, but if u drop it in a soft liquid filled in a cup, chances are- it wont break! is this for a project? it seems so. WEll, if you ask me, | think that you should just try some things, and if you find a way! you are pretty lucky!
2007-01-10 22:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drop the egg on a pillow
2007-01-10 22:26:58 · answer #5 · answered by polk2525 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of those plastic army men parachutes and a twinky. <3
2007-01-10 22:32:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freeze it.
Have the one-inch protective area be a plastic bag filled with jell-o or water.
2007-01-10 22:29:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
use bubble wrap, and cotton balls... put them in a cup, attach the parachute and viloa.. i did the same thing yesterday for science, not a crack.. good luck :)
2007-01-10 22:29:06 · answer #8 · answered by ♫ αиgєℓ υи∂єя ¢σνєя ♫ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vinegar will make it rubbery if soaked for a couple days
2007-01-10 22:27:04 · answer #9 · answered by dubya b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drop it onto any soft surface?
2007-01-10 22:34:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋