Protecting Eggs with Tape and Balloons: A Scientific Approach

[darthchocobo]

Anybody know a good way to stop the force from reaching or crushing an egg using poster board tape and balloons? I was thinking bout making a pyramid or rounded pyramid and making the tip heavier and then putting multiple layers of baloons and the egg at the farthest point from impact... Any ideas?

 

[Danger]

That should work okay, as long as you make sure that it can't bounce out.
Have you considered nesting the balloons? It's not easy to do, but possible.

 

[darthchocobo]

How do u nest? I was thinking to make a container inside of the pyramid type thingy that is in the shape of the egg.

 

[Danger]

By 'nesting', I meant that you inflate one balloon inside another. If your balloons are big enough that you can force a lubricated egg in through the neck, you can 'stack' balloons inside each other. If they're connected at the neck area, just weight the other end so they land right-side-up.

 

[pixel01]

I just develop Danger's idea by using 2 balloon. The egg is in the center then in the safest condition

 

[Danger]

Thanks, Pixel; that clarifies it nicely. The only difference is that I'd have a partially inflated balloon between the two shown. That's just a redundancy feature in case the outer one breaks or the inner one stretches enough to make contact with the bottom.