What is Egg drop: Definition and 135 Discussions

Homework Statement i need to make sample calculations of momentum using the mass of a standard egg (.05kg) dropped from 1 2 and 3 meter heights. but i have no clue how to do this

Homework Statement The egg protecting device cannot slow down the natural descent of the egg in any form: The mechanism used to protect the egg cannot rely on buoyancy (i.e. no inflated balloon-based solutions) or air resistance (i.e. no parachutes or solutions designed to increase the air...

So. This annoying project attack's again. I have to create a box to catch an unadulterated egg at the base of my school balconies. Starting at 18 ft. I have no clue were to even start! worse part, its due very soon and my 'group' refuses to help. I do not know what to do. my only limits are the...

Egg Drop Project Help! I have to make a egg drop from approximately 25 meters. The egg has to be directly covered by: 1 latex glove 3 pieces of newspaper 2 rubber bands 1 piece of string (30cm) 1 zip lock bag 12 inches masking tape 100 tooth picks glue only to connect bits and pieces...

In physics we have about a week to come with a design and build a machine to stop the egg from breaking. It will be launched from the third story We only can use the materials the teacher ( about 100 straws and a meter of tape) THATS ALL WE GET! The sraws bend a little but are not very...

Homework Statement Problem: Create a means for the egg to land on an uneven dirt surface from a great height without breaking. Restrictions: No parachutes (or wings, or any other velocity-slowing addition,) packing materials/padding, balloons, or thick liquid substances. The project must...

Homework Statement an egg dropped on the road breaks, while the egg that is dropped on grass doesn't break...why? a. the change in momentum is greater b. change in momentum is less c. the time interval for stopping is greater d. time interval for stopping is less Homework Equations...

1. The problem statement Ok so I have to have an egg drop from 6 meters onto a mechanism then from a primary sruface over a construction cone onto a secondayr surface and then the egg has to trigger a mechanical deivce that captures the egg in a unique way, trasnferring its energy back to...

I was thrilled when I got the Lab Sheet for the Egg Drop! I had seen all of the older kids do it and now it was my chance! It never clicked with me that there were actual concepts and directions in play so that brings me here, making yet ANOTHER egg drop thread! Basically we are being graded...

So we have an egg drop project due at the end of the semester for my introductory physics class. We're dropping it from the second story, which is about 3 meters down I believe. The materials we are given are 20 drinking straws, 30 cm of tape, and 1 8x11 piece of paper that we can cut/fold and...

Homework Statement I have designed an egg drop project that performs just as I had hoped and portected the egg perfectly. I would need to make the object as stable as possible while it is falling. My container is the foam molds that held the screen for my computer. The structure of the foam...

Homework Statement So, as you all know, everyone has to do an egg drop project sometime. Well, I got mine today. Yes, I know there are other similar topics, but they all the ones I found had a bunch of restrictions that didn't apply. Rules: -Any materials may be used -no kits -no...

Homework Statement My physics teacher is making us do an egg drop after only being in school for two weeks. We can only use up to four 8.5" x 11" sheets of regular computer paper and as much tape as we want. The tape cannot be used as more than a form of attachment. Meaning that the tape...

Homework Statement For my Calc based Physics class we will be given an egg, a required height and a bungee cord (non-linear). We're to have already come up with a formula for this bungee cord to compute the required length so that we'll be able to drop the egg from the height and come as close...

Homework Statement We all know the egg drop, and I am stuck as to what to do with the extreme little amount of materials we are allowed to use. Here they are: 1 regular supermarket egg 5 sheets of printer paper 1m of scotch tape We are to drop it once from the ceiling of our...

Egg Drop Design Help! 1. Ok, I need some ideas for an egg drop project in my class. A. Dropping from 7 Ft, then 12 Ft, and then 25 Ft... Consecutively. B. Can't be more then a Meter in height. C. Allowed to use the following: 1. 15 Popsicle Sticks 2. 15 Straws...

I need ideas to build a design that will prevent an egg from cracking or breaking. Guidelines: Design has to have a mass of <300g. Must fit into a Sterillite Plastic box Cannot simply be wraped in something (i.e. a pillow, bubble wrap, t-shirts) Cannot reduce velocity (wings...

I've been assigned the infamous egg drop project, and have been brainstorming as many ideas as possible. However, I have many restrictions, and the one I am having the most trouble with is size. My container cannot be any larger than 4"x4"x6", though it must protect the egg from a fall of...

Hi I am trying to find at what hight i need to drop a egg from 2-6 meters. We will start with 2 meters. The weight of the egg and device holding the egg is .11kg together. I no the formulas for EPE and EP " EPE=1/2KX^2 AND PE=mgh. The question is now how to find where on the elastic band to...

Hello, I have been working on the following problems for hours and can't figure out where to begin. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. -uno 1. An arrow is launched vertically upward from a crossbow at 97.9 m/s. Ignoring air friction, what is its instantaneous speed at the end of...

Homework Statement A moderate force will break an egg. However, an egg dropped on the road usually breaks, while one dropped on the grass usually does not break. This difference is because for the egg dropped on the grass: A- The change in momentum is greater B- The change in momentum is...

So, as I'm sure you all have guessed, I am that helpless physics student completely incapable of figuring out how to make an apparatus to protect a raw egg. I would SO GREATLY appreciate any and all suggestions that anyone has to offer. Thank you so much :) The rules: 1. The container must...

Homework Statement Objective: To produce a balsa wood device that will hold and protect an egg from breaking when released from various heights. RULES 1. The device must be constructed using ONLY balsa wood (1/8 x 1/8 in) 2. Individual pieces of balsa wood may be laminated together in any...

Hi, I understand that this forum is way over and above what I need, but I am desperate and cannot find the answer anywhere. Other forums make you pay and I don't want to do that. Please have some mercy on me! I am a homeschooling mother and am working with my 8yr old on a science fair...

Hi I'm Brittney and I'm new, i need help help on a physics project! :) Hi, I'm new on the forum. I have a physics project and i figured that someone could help me on my design. we are doing an egg drop competition i will start off by showing you the rules and regulations.. Purpose: The...

Alright, I am in Physics and my teacher is doing the typical egg dropping experiment BUT! we have rules 1. the volume of the container can be no bigger than 12in. by 12in. by 12in. 2. we can only use raw eggs, and the egg can't be drained 3. the container can't contain any fluids, or gels...

Homework Statement The problem verbatim from the text: "One of the winners in an egg-drop contest was a structure in which rubber bands held the egg at the center of it. Attached is a model. Consider the egg to be a particle of mass m and the springs to be linear with spring constants k...

Homework Statement You are on the roof of a physics building, which is 46.0 m above the ground. Your physics professor, who is 1.80 m tall, is walking alongside the building at a constant rate of 1.20 m/s. If you wish to drop an egg on your professor's head, how far from the building...

Homework Statement For this project, we had to build a vehicle that would hold an egg, and drop it a distance of about 40 feet, and making sure the egg wouldn't break. There are various parts to the report part of this project, and I had a question about the first part. Basically, one part...

Homework Statement Hey, I was wondering what the proper section to post this in, and if it is okay to post it: I have to do a project that goes something of this sort: Basically build a vehicle no more than an empty mass of of 50 +/- 5 grams, and drop it from a point of approximately...

I know there are already many threads on this topic but i could not find any that relate directly to my guidelines. I have to drop an egg from a height of about 40 ft., and i can only use cardboard and tape to protect it. The more it weighs, the lower my grade is, and the egg must be visible...

I have to do an egg drop lab (be able to drop an egg from 10m without it cracking) what should i use- toothpicks and glue for "controlled crushability". In other words, the egg would break the toothpicks when it lands so it would not crack. This sounds good but the problem is that the parameters...

Homework Statement Im sure most of us have heard about and done an egg drop project sometime in our lives, and right now is the time to do mine. We will be dropping the egg that is inside of our project from the second story of a building, and then from the third story. We are allowed to...

I have a question I am looking for an asnwer: Using the impulse momentum theorum, describe how it is possible to drop an egg from a 2 story high building and not have the egg break.

I missed a week of school last week, and came back to class to find that we have a naked egg drop project due tomorrow. I need to do the entire thing tonight. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make a good naked egg drop platform (base the egg is dropped into). the egg will be dropped...

Yo guys, I need some help with this classical physics experiment. We can only use 1 piece 8" x 11" (computer paper) and 30 cm of masking tape. The goal is to get it not to break from 3m or higher. If anyone can help with any good strategies, thanks in advance.

I this lab project due tomorrow in physics. I was wondering if anyone has done this lab: I have to construct an apparatus out of only paper and masking tape that holds an egg, and then it will be dropped off the bleachers. I need to make it so the egg doesn't break]. Does anyone have any ideas...

Ok here's the thing: I have the classic egg drop project, but am not sure how to get it to work, so here are the requirements/details: The egg is a gresh, raw, grade "A" egg, Egg cannot be completely encased within another material besides a zip-lock bag. Device the egg is in can't exceed the...

How it's going to happen: - 1 container with 3 eggs in it (they must be placed individually in ziplock bags) - Small to medium sized eggs - 3 back to back drops from 75m - Get all 3 eggs out within 20 seconds - The lighter the container WITH the eggs the better Restrictions: - No side...

Stop the presses! I've just come up with the perfect solution to the classic engineering challenge of dropping an egg from some hideous height and having it survive. Nothing that I've seen in any rules precludes it, and I can't believe that nobody has done it (or at least wasn't publicized as...

Hi, I have to make the classic egg drop contraption but we're only allowed to use plastic drinking straws, index cards, and hot glue. the width also has to be smaller than 4x4 inches but it can be as tall as we want it to be (but preferably small) and it has to have a door of some sort...

Hello, everyone, I am doing an egg drop for my science class, (not sure where to put it so I put it here, sorry if it's the wrong place.) and I have developed a few designs. I would like to know which you think would be most successful. (Dropped from gym class bleachers.) Parameters: Must...

Having a little trouble with this latest advanced egg drop assignment. The main assignment has two parts - 1. Create a rocket that can reach a minimum height of 120 ft 2. Create a vehicle that can land with an egg for a passenger, and not have it crack. We also aren't allowed to use...

in physics we have to drop an egg 30ft and the only materials we have is 60cm of half inch thick clear tape, three sheets of paper, and four straws I am thinking about making helicopter blades for it and putting it in a modded paper water bomb with straws and paper bits as cushions but idk if...

My class has been assigned the egg drop project, and I need some help/info on how to go about it. Objective: to design a container which will protect a raw egg, when dropped. Apparatus: 1. Each container must meet the following specifications: a. Maximum mass- 20g...

My physics class is doing the popular egg drop experiment. We may only use wooden strips no larger than a 1/4" by 1/4" in cross section (ex: toothpicks, popsicle sticks). We may not use bamboo as it is a grass not a wood. We can only use glue, cement, superglue, or hot glue to hold it...

I have an egg drop project, in which we make a container on the ground that can cushion the fall of the egg. The limits are: 8 cm height max, and 45 x 45 cm box max area and the egg must not break even if it bounces out after hitting the container. It'll be dropped first from a height of 2...

I have to design an egg drop experiment for a teaching project. I'll describe the project and how everything works, then the students have about half an hour to create a container to shelter the egg so that it doesn't break from a fall of about 20 feet. The sticking point is the time limit. I...

OK well as the title says I have to do an egg drop using only a foot of tape, 3 sheets of computer paper, and 2 straws (they have the bendable end). So is there any suggestion of what will work best? The egg will be dropped from 10cm to begin with, and then the drop height will increase until it...

For a science project we have to make an ''egg protector''. It has to have: -parachute and -base to hold egg in (I just joined 30 minutes ago and could not find a forum like this. So sorry if this is a duplicate.) Aaaaaanyways, our group has to drop it from a 5m tall height, the...