What is the best design for an egg drop contest?

Question

What is the best design for an egg drop contest?

Answer 1

I'm not sure if you have any restrictions on material you can use. But 2 years ago I did an egg drop project and made a small container of jello then scooped out of the middle to fit the egg and put some jello back on top some cotton to fill in the rest of the hole.



It landed with such a thud that everyone laughed cuz they KNEW it broke.. but we pulled out a completely unbroken egg.

Answer 2

Egg Drop Design

Answer 3

Wait... this is the best way ever.



I had to a egg drop back in 6th grade. What my friend did was put it into this pink puddy. Anyway, it transfers all the energy around the egg, so the egg doesn't break.



This work many times better then cotton and stuffing stuff! You will want something like jello, but that can't be easily broken into many parts.

Answer 4

All you have to do is make a paper cone...literally; tape some paper together so the bottom of the cone is long enough so the egg rests with maybe 1/4 inch og space left. Make sure to drop the cone right on the point. I saw this work for my 7th grade egg drop project, but that was 8 years ago. i reccommend you test it first just to make sure though, actually I enforce that you do.

Answer 5

design egg drop contest

Answer 6

Best Egg Drop

Answer 7

Paper cone works very well if you have a good parachute. I suggest a plastic circle, like dry clean bag material, with a hole in the middle/top so the cone falls straight.

Answer 8

This one worked great for me:

Get a light, small basket, line it with cotton, attach four or five, EVENLY SPACED, lines to the basket, and attach a large cloth parachute to these strings (once again, evenly spaced).

Worked like a dream for me, light and effective.

Answer 9

On the one hand your question is not fair. On the other hand you are taking advantage of a resource everyone else has access to as well. The whole idea is that you use your idea, not someone else's. So my advice may not make you happy.

Pretend the egg is your brain. How would you be god and protect it from harm? You do not want any headaches and you certainly do not want it scrambled. You can also look to other places in nature that protect things if they fall. The flying squirrel lands safely, a cat lands on its feet, a seed survives a fall from a tree, and even the brain of a ram somehow does not dislodge itself every time it butts heads with another. Please, take a look around and notice what God has shown you.