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Hi Tyler — You must mean a hard-boiled egg, right?

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Hi Tyler — You must mean a hard-boiled egg, right?

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Hi Tyler — You must mean a hard-boiled egg, right? That will work the same way as a normal egg drop–you want to slow the egg down inside the box as slowly as possible. I answer this question a lot, here my normal answer: The best materials to use for the egg drop are layers of foam in differing densities. The tricks for the egg drop are to 1) distribute the force of impact evenly around the eggshell, and 2) to make the egg in the can *slow down as slowly as possible*. If it slows down too fast, it will break. As you probably already know, you can break an eggshell by hand easily if you use a nail or sharp object, but if you try and crush it between your hands it’s difficult to break. Here’s my normal reply to questions about constructing a box for the egg drop: The best solution (I’ve tried it and it works) is layers of foam of differing density….stiff, closed-cell foam (like from a backpacker’s sleeping pad) right around the egg, and layers of foam around that that are less stiff

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