The Great Egg Drop 2010

Following the race the trainees were presented with the Egg Drop Challenge. The brief was simple:

The challenge is to transport a raw egg from the platform on the fore mast as far back on the ship as possible without the egg breaking.

• You may use any materials aboard the ship, however you must have permission of the person responsible for them (eg: Bosun, Engineer, Cook or the Captain)

• There is a good chance that your egg may end up overboard – so ensure that you only use things you can afford to loose

• The egg and it’s protective packaging must be thrown from the platform and can not be attached to any part of the ship, or another person

• Teams should be between 5 & 7 people and as international as possible!

• Before the egg drop, each team will give a presentation about the science of their design – points will be awarded for the best presentation
(to be the best you should include all of your group and make it as funny as possible)

• Finally to win the egg must be whole and raw when it is collected from the deck (this will be tested!)

The Video below will enable you so see just what happened !