<p>i have to do this project for my internship where you make a little car for an egg and then run it down a ramp at different angles to see how long it will survive. ultimately the egg will go down the ramp at a 90 degree angle.</p>
<p>the egg has to be able to see out of the "car" and we must be able to remove the egg from the car in less than two minutes to check if it's still alive after each test.</p>
<p>any suggestions on materials/designs?</p>
<p>ehmmmm
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<p>does the car have to move on its own?</p>
<p>we have pieces of wood with wheels on them that are given to us to make it move. we just have to keep the egg from dying</p>
<p>suspend it from inside a container with STRONG rubberbands. that way, in an impact, the egg just jiggles. also, putting it in a viscous fluid, such as, not joking, mayonaise will help. corn startch mixed with water works well, because the egg can move if it goes slowly, but if it tries to move fast, the jagged shape of the corn starch will lock up and not let it move much. or...that might act as a solid and just break it.</p>
<p>thanks!!!!!</p>
<p>That sounds fun.</p>
<p>I want an internship like that.</p>
<p>this part isn't all that great b/c it's not real work. the company isn't getting hired to do a lot of jobs right now, so we have to do activities like this...</p>
<p>we had to make a mousetrap car last year- it was pretty fun</p>
<p>I did something similar to this in like...6th grade.</p>
<p>Here's what I did:</p>
<p>I took a small rubber ball (maybe 3-inch diameter)
Inside the ball, I put 4-5 slightly blown up balloons surrounding the egg.
Outside the ball, I superglued construction paper rolled into cones facing outward. </p>
<p>The cones absorbed the impact, and the balloons cushioned the egg. The same design might not work exactly for you, but you could adapt it to work well.</p>
<p>By the way, my egg survived a 4-story fall from a building, so this design DOES work</p>