What is Egg drop: Definition and 135 Discussions

An egg is hard, but yet delicate food that people have been making contests of, for many years. But i am part of one that i lack the physics to figure out the perfect device here are the simple rules of this contest. Holy Omelets Batman… It’s the Egg Drop Contest! Design a egg protection...

we are required to do an egg drop. all we are allowed to use is 2 news paper spreads, 2 m string, and masking tape. what's the best way to use these materials in order to be able to drop a hardboiled egg from a 4th floor without any cracks. thanks!

According to my knowledge, I am able to apply Newton's second law on an egg for an egg drop; the resulted force from that can would be the force which occurs when it hits the ground. That force would also be reflected when it hits the ground according to Newton's third law. What is confusing...

Okay, I am totally baffled here. For our final project in Algebra we have one class period to build an egg drop carrier. The egg will be dropped from 8 feet, and we have VERY LIMITED materials. - 8 Straws - 1 6x6 Piece of Thick Paper - 3 Tissues - 2 ft. of Masking Tape Another rule is that...

Okay so we are going to drop an egg from three stories high. The only materials we are allowed to use is popsicle sticks, glue, string, and garbage bags...HELP!

The egg drop rules are that the container must be less than 1600 cm cubed in volume, wiht no dimension greater than 25 cm and a maximum mass of 1 kg. The eggs must be able to be easily removed after the drop from 2.5 meters. Parachutes may not be used and the device must be in one piece. Three...

Say we have a rectangular wire frame about 7 inches in size, see: http://www.schillereng.com/EggDrop1.jpg Let an egg of mass m, say 40g, be suspended in some type of "seat" as in the above jpg. with rubber bands going from the the eight corners of the frame to the egg seat. Let us say the...

OKay, i have to do the egg drop for class and I can't think of any ideas. All my trys have failed and the parameters are killing me. It has to be: -made up of 100% biodegradable products. No plastics, metals, rubber, sponges, real sponges, not even biodegradable styrofoam. Basically I can...

Info coming soon, have to go to lunch. ----- Materials we are Given: Raw Egg 2 Full Sheets of Newspaper 2 Rubber Bands 6 Toothpicks Glue (Unlimited) ----- You can only use materials from parts department. Materials cannot be returned. You must eb able to take capsule apart during...

Our instructor has given us the task of coming up with a container to drop an egg from a distance of 30' and not break. Container can't be any larger than 12"x12"x12" and no parachutes or anything that will affect fall/normal gravity. Egg must remain accesible to verify that it hasn't broken. No...

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...

Hey Guys, I know that this has been posted before, but mine is slightly different. Our instructor only provides: 5 medium rubber bands 5 sheets of 8.5 X 11 paper 20 inches of scotch tape 20 inches of string We can only use the materials he provides us. Can you please give me...

yes, the famous egg drop experiment. i really need help with ideas on what to construct...i was thinking that i would put a small box cushioned inside with toilet paper or tissue paper and lined with folded(like an accordion) paper / inside a bigger...the problem is: • The over all dimensions...

Anybody know a good way to stop the force from reaching or crushing an egg using poster board tape and balloons? I was thinking bout making a pyramid or rounded pyramid and making the tip heavier and then putting multiple layers of baloons and the egg at the farthest point from impact... Any ideas?

Hi, I have a question on Newton's second law. I have a box in which an egg rests inside. Egg is surrounded by some sort of padding. A force is applied to the box. (Force has an x and -y component. Are my conclutions right? 1) Force act on the box, not on the egg. Applying Newton's...

First of all I would like to apologize if I am posting in the wrong forum. I couldn't really decide if this belonged in the general physics, homework, or engineering forums since it involves principles of physics, is technically an assignment, and also has to do with engineering. Anyways...

I'm a senior in high school, and we were just assigned the famous egg drop project... Here are the rules/restrictions/guidelines that our teacher gave us: You will design a container for an egg that will keep the egg from breaking when dropped from a height of approximately 5 meters (we're...

HELP me PLease I have my final in my class tomorow and I am freaking out. it is an Egg Drop lad. we are droping it from 10m high and we can only use 200g (includes Egg)im not very good at physics and i have to get a good grade can someone give me an idea on what to make for my package? i can't...

yes this is an egg drop project once again, i had the idea to use helium balloons, but the problem is that the whole thing must fit in a grocery bag. only two balloons fit in a grocery bag! that can't carry very much! we can't use paracutes, otherwise we can do anything. i tried just now to cut...

hi, I just got my project from physics, and its that annoying, classic egg drop situation. I have a lot of restrictions, and its out of 20 points, so its pretty hard. I would LOVE it if anyone of you could maybe contribute any ideas and suggestions and such. Thanks a bunch! Restrictions and...

My 5th grade cousin is doing an egg drop experiment and my uncle and I came up with putting the egg in Oobleck. Will this actually work if done properly? We tested it yesterday and the egg broke on the third drop. The first drop worked as did the second, but both of those the balloon of...

I need to drop an egg off my school bleachers. I can't use any kind if padding, cushining, or packing material. The entire egg may be covered but does not have to be. The contraption also needs to be of the smallest possible mass. Please post any suggestions that you can. Thank you all.

I know there are several other "help, egg drop" threads in this forum, but my case if slightly different so here it is. I'm dropping an egg (free fall) from about twenty feet. The restrictions for the carrier are: (a) carrier must fit inside of the dimensions of a 2.5 inch cube, (b) together...

i need egg drop designs it is due tomarrow and i have no clue what to do please help rules- max. 2 different packing materials, 3 materials in all, egg cannot be fully covered and must be able to be removed without having to undo anything, no helium baloons, egg must be raw, no parachutes...

egg drop tomarrow and no idea what to do i need help really bad rules- max. two different type packing materials 3 materials in all egg must survive drop from gym rafters if it brakes i get 0 egg will be raw no parachutes egg cannot...

I have an egg drop design contest. Here are the rules: We have to drop the egg from classroom height (about 6 feet) and from gym height (about 13-15 feet). The capsule cannot weigh more than 550 grams and cannot exceed 7"x7"x7". The egg shell and the yolk have to survive. You are...

EGG DROP! woohoo! Hello all! I have been getting frustrated with this certain physics project... the materials are as follows: 5 sheets of computer paper 1 meter of masking tape 1 raw egg THAT'S IT! any ideas on how to make the egg survive? parachutes? baskets? i know you have to...

Okay, here's the deal: I am doing an egg drop tomorrow in my physics class. We are allowed only 25 straws, and scotch tape to do it. What would be the most effective structure to use for this? By the way, my teacher didn't tell us of any limit on the amount of tape we were allowed to use.

Egg Drop Device! I have to create an Egg Dropping Device for my Physics class using these materials: 10 straws 8 x 8 cardboard piece cellotapes (to attach the joints and nothing else!) The egg must survive a fall of about... 10 ~ 15 feet I assume... Please feel free to post...

Egg drop nned help now! I need help on this project that is due Oct 25. The project is an egg drop. The task is to design and construct a landing pad for a raw egg that will prevent the egg from breaking. The only materials we can use are 10 sheets of regualar paper, 8 straws, 1 meter of...

In science we had to build a device which, when dropped 3 stories onto cement, should not allow an egg inside inside of it to crack. One of the follow up questions says : Why should your device accelerate slightly slower than the gravitational acceleration of 9.8 m/s/s " - I can't understand why...

I am helping my son with the following: Egg Drop Competition Design a package to hold an egg during a 6' drop without breakage. Score is based on how close to the target the package lands and tie will be decided by lightest package. The Competition: 1. All pre-constructed...

any suggestions on this lab? dropped from i guess 3 stories up and the vehicle must be around 50 grams. no parachutes or padding either.

Hey i really need some help on this one. I am working on a physics project. It is the old "egg drop project." I need some help and advice. How do you recommend suspending the egg and keeping it safe while in a diamond shaped cage. The only catch is you can only use 40 straws, 10 rubber...

I have a younger cousin who needs suggestions for an egg drop project. He will be dropping an egg from a certain distance (not sure how high, but not too high), and he has to build a device that will prevent it from breaking. The requirements are that there are no parachutes, it cannot be...