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Project Two

Egg Drop

Project Title

Egg Drop

Duration

After the project has been approved, ready for marketing within 16 months; ready for production within 18 months

DETAILS

You will create a toy in the form of a "vehicle" which will protect a raw egg from breaking when the egg (together with the vehicle) is dropped from a height of minimum 7 metres. 

Drop

  • The total weight of the vehicle will not be more than 500 grams (egg not included).
  • There will be
    • no parachutes,
    • no balloons or any similar inflatable objects,
    • no cloth, paper or plastic cushions. 
  • There should be at least one moving part - such as a propeller, a moving tail, a rotating top/bottom - to make the toy attractive, as well as to aid the child in using his/her imagination to build similar or better mechanisms.
  • The mechanism should be designed in such a way that the child can assemble the mechanism on his/her own (therefore, the simpler the better).
  • You can use paper, wood, plastic and/or metal; the constructed vehicle should be strong enough so that
    • it can protect the egg from breaking and
    • it can remain intact and can be used again and again.
  • Preferably, the vehicle should be easy to clean in case an egg should get broken.