Hi I need some help with a rather complicated egg drop problem I need to figure out how to make an egg containment system that I can put the egg into and drop it 3 meters (about 10 feet) without letting it break. At least 2/3 of the surface of the egg must be unaltered in any manner meaning the egg cannot be encapsulated in any material that makes intimate contact with more than 1/3 of its surface area. No materials can be attached to the outer surface of the container that cause an impediment to free fall, and also no shock absorbing materials can be used on the outer surface. each container much be provided with viewing ports of some type so that the condition of the egg can be determined. And it must be placed into a container in the shape of a regular polyhedron with a maximum volume of 1000cm3 and a maximum mass of 200gms Please help any ideas would be great I've already looked over egg drop answers prior to this question and found nothing.
Fill it with cotton and bubble wrap. On the within reduce a cantaloupe in part and scoop out the fruit side. Put the egg within of that, after which stuff the cantaloupe shell with cotton. (The factor of the cantaloupe rind is to preserve the seeds at the within) If you wish attaching a parachute to the field wills low it down. Hope this is helping! I did it and acquired a one hundred% It did not crack!
The restrictions listed don't say anything about contact during impact. I can imagine a system of foam rubber pyramids that contact the egg only at point locations, but would compress under the forces expected during impact. The contact during impact would be much greater than before launch, is that compliant with the stated restrictions? You could also try gluing a small rubber suction cup (or other attachment method) to each end (6 places or 3 axes at right angles to each other would be better if the drop is randomly oriented), and suspending the set-up with rubber bands inside the box. You'd have to set the rubber band tension just right so the egg doesn't contact the insides of the box during impact. I can imagine using a large number of small rubber bands, making sort of a spider-web suspension system inside the box. If you use a cube for a box, it can be only 10cm on a side. An egg is about 6cm, so you'd only have 2cm (4cm/2) of deflection inside the box during peak deceleration. Since the egg isn't a sphere, it might be better to orient it sideways, if you have control of the drop, since this would allow more deceleration distance. You should shoot for as much attachment surface area as allowable, to spread the impact forces over as large an area as possible, reducing the peak pressure at any single location. Use 1/6 of the egg surface area on each end/side for contact. If you have some control of the orientation of the box during fall, i.e. it isn't randomly thrown but dropped vertically, you could use a longer but narrower box to lengthen the internal dimension available for deflection during the impact. This sounds rather high-tech compared to other egg-drop experiments that I've seen. Good luck!!
