Desert Eagle, Ranger Bob & The Rangerettes completed a succesful drop tonight of our "Nylon Orb" from a height of over 125 feet off the High Level Bridge. You can check out the video here:
http://ranger-bob.net/eggdropchallenge.htm Good Luck! --- "I am still alive and well and have not been killed in some tragic accident involving alcohol, geekery, GPS, fire, water, and/or high voltage. Yet!" - RB N53 35.152 W113 24.741, Phhhhzzt! http://ranger-bob.net/ http://lance-taylor.net/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "rodmakers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:04 PM Subject: [VFB] OT, HELP from Science type people... > OK, Here is the problem, > I was "Notified" today at dinner, that "I" was selected by Amanda for > her science project assistant. Here is the task. We have until Monday night > to design, build and "Test" a protective shell to house an Egg, (not hard > boiled but raw). It must protect the Egg in a toss from a 35' building roof. > If the egg survives unbroken, she gets a 100, if it brakes she gets a "0". > Each student "Picked" their partner, (parent or sibling), at school. The > instructions read that we can use "Any" resource to construct the protective > case, (IE, internet, friends, Nasa Employees whatever). The outside diameter > of the "Protective Case" can be no larger than 12". Our first thoughts are > to wrap the egg in small bubble wrap, inside larger bubble wrap and then > encase it in some form of protective case. That is our basic Idea. Anyone > ever done this successfully ??? We need help and have to construct and test > the prototype by NLT Sunday. > > Jimi >
