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"Egg Safety Vehicle" (Egg Drop Project... in a car!)
Hey! This is my first post so sorry if I do anything against protocol.
I need to design a sort of egg protection vehicle. I will put the egg inside of the car which will in turn be rolled down a ramp and crash into one of my classmate's similar cars. So it's basically the egg drop project, but I will be "jousting" with my classmates.
There are only a few restrictions:
-- Body can be no larger than 6"x6" inclucing wheels (as for height... just not "crazy tall," whatever that means)
-- Body can not be more than half metal, wood, or plastic
-- Car must have a door that can open and close three times without breaking.
-- Car must have a "window" of 1"x1" (can be just a hole)
Oh and it can't consist solely of offensive features because there is an additional test: our teacher will (gently) kick our cars down one flight of stairs. I'm more worried about this test than the jousting.
I was thinking doing something with huge wheels to minimize the impact of my car as it tumbles down the stairs, and was planning to build a soft container for the egg that woule be suspended in oatmeal inside of a hard container.
Thanks!
Hey! This is my first post so sorry if I do anything against protocol.
I need to design a sort of egg protection vehicle. I will put the egg inside of the car which will in turn be rolled down a ramp and crash into one of my classmate's similar cars. So it's basically the egg drop project, but I will be "jousting" with my classmates.
There are only a few restrictions:
-- Body can be no larger than 6"x6" inclucing wheels (as for height... just not "crazy tall," whatever that means)
-- Body can not be more than half metal, wood, or plastic
-- Car must have a door that can open and close three times without breaking.
-- Car must have a "window" of 1"x1" (can be just a hole)
Oh and it can't consist solely of offensive features because there is an additional test: our teacher will (gently) kick our cars down one flight of stairs. I'm more worried about this test than the jousting.
I was thinking doing something with huge wheels to minimize the impact of my car as it tumbles down the stairs, and was planning to build a soft container for the egg that woule be suspended in oatmeal inside of a hard container.
Thanks!