Parachute-slighty off topic

Hi Chip,
your question set me looking through my photo's of a trip to
my office
in Switzerland last year. We went through one of those "executive training
courses"
and had to design a device to allow an egg to be dropped 10 metres without
smashing.

Of course the facilities were deliberately limited. We used drinking straws
as a shock
absorber, a paper tube as a crush zone and finished off with two balloons to
slow the
descent. It worked !!

I have a picture which I can send direct if it would help.

There's no fee for the design by the way, but don't tell NASA!!

Malcolm (in the UK)



"chipsoars" wrote in message
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I have to help my daughter make a parachute for an egg drop at school.
Are there any guidelines on design, such as canopy size for a weight
one of you might be able to share or a handy link.

Somehow I think my Strong is overkill.

Chip F.