I did something like this ages ago, and used a Kleenex box with foam packing (and the egg in a styrofoam cup inside the box, iirc). It worked pretty well. You also might want to consider some loosely attached sticks on the outside to serve as shock absorbers if you went for the container-style. Of course, if this contest has multiple drops, you're screwed xD
Ok, so, I was going to say by a cheap air hogs and tape it to that to gently fly it down, but no So, the biggest thing about the egg is no the speed, but the rapid deceleration, like in a car crash, your body is the egg, when it stops at a high speed, your inside organs slosh around quite a bit, causing most people to feel light headed or sick after a crash or during turbulence on a plane. This rapid deceleration is stopped in cars via crumple zones, zones of the car (mainly trunk/engine area) designed to absorb and crush according to impact to have the minimal effect on the driver, so, the main object of the egg drop is to essentially build a contraption in which the force of impact is absorbed by the crumple zones and not the egg, so, how do car manufacturers do it? Well, simple, first, make sure that, in the event of a high speed impact, your 'egg' doesn't fly around, which would cause damage, so ensure its bucked in or use duck tape, doesn't matter, because if the egg moves even a centimetre that is now the force of deceleration felt on the fragile egg Second, make sure the area around the egg and casing if your that concerned can crumple when needed, like auto accidents, the front and back are designed to take close to the full brunt of impact, essentially to minimize the damage to egg, in doing this, use pliable materials such as straws, pillows aren't as good, marshmallows are just no. Avoid ridged items such as metals, glass, and wood, as those like to screw it all up Finally, don't go walking into the school all gung ho with it before testing it, experiment with it a bit, maybe determine how much duck tape or wether more straws or not, because you can always buy eggs, but this competition is, from what it sounds, pretty once in a school lifetime.... And, most importantly, good luck, and Godspeed, and also, I know where goddam eggs come from, but I want to know, would the father of the egg be considered a cock?
Kid at my school tried a few years back, the egg started flying away, first time ever at the school that a child had been capable of making flying chickens
Fill a box with bags of crisps. Put the egg in between all the bags of crisps. The gas inside the bags will dampen the impact, and you'll have delicious crisps to share at the end of the contest.
OK, this is what I’ve made: Took some fome, (I can’t spell fome ) And I took it about 16 inches thick and 13 inches wide. I cut out a little hole for the egg in the middle of it all, put some extra fome inside that little hole, and put the egg in there, then Velcro the two sides together. I’ll see if I win or not!
