Andrew Gideon wrote:
RST Engineering wrote:

Try it. Spitballs at low mach are
very efficient.

Why not just wrap the paper around a rock? In a Fed Ex envelope.

I'm stuck. On one hand, I'd want to see that sort of thing prohibited from
a contest. On the other hand, one should certainly be rewarded for
thinking outside the box.


Back in my high school physics class, we had a project where we had to
build something to hold one egg, which would be dropped out a 3rd-floor
window, and survive, with a budget of I think 99 cents. Everybody else
build these contraptions with strings and rubber bands, or parachutes
that were too small. I took a packet of gelatin, a Big Gulp cup from
7-11, and molded the egg in the middle. 39 cents. Made one hell of a
SPLAT when it landed but the egg didn't break. Cheapest one that
worked, so I got the prize.

-cwk.