How can I safely drop an egg off a ladder using only 23 straws and 23 inches of tape?

Question

Please help!!

Answer 1

your first answer is a good one, just remember to make a cocoon to protect the egg

the secret will be to arrest the energy of impact in the space that the area between the outer straw and the inner cage holding the egg.

it works exactly like a unibody car.

i would suggest you experiment a bit with a cage to hold the egg and then figure out how to protect the egg on impact,

good luck with this

Answer 2

I like the idea of using some kind of tail for drag to make the package fall on its nose then make most of the crushing protection on that side. Otherwise you have to protect all sides equally.

Answer 3

tape the straws aroung the egg so there is a inch of straws covering the egg everywhere and use the rest of the tape to just wrap aroung the straws to secure them