AN EGG, AN IDEA, AN EVENT.

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LAWS OF GRAVITY (CHALLENGE)

THE RULES OF GRAVITY NEED NOT BE APPLIED, BUT INSTEAD THOSE OF THE RED BULL.

THE CONTESTANTS

The challenge is open to all members of the university (Students, Professors, Tutors, Lecturers and Assistants), as well as all direct descendants of Sir Isaac Newton.

Each team consists of a maximum of three persons, whereby only one contestant is allowed to betake himself to the starting ramp/tower in order to drop the egg. The other two team members may call out tips and suggestions from ground level or just keep their fingers crossed.

THE EGG-LANDING-MACHINE

In order to avoid creating huge craters in the ground and ensuring that spectators remain unharmed, the egg-landing-machine is not allowed to weigh more than 5 kg.

Furthermore, the egg-landing-machine may not exceed the maximum size of 1m3 (1x1x1).

The egg-landing-machine may not be made of materials that can shatter or even take flight without Red Bull’s help (e.g. glass), nor contain substances which lead to the pollution of the surrounding areas (oil, chemicals, etc.).

Therefore, the egg-landing-machine will be technically scrutinized before the start. Should there be the risk of danger, the egg won’t land at the start but will be cracked in the pan!

EVALUATION

The egg must overcome the drop from a 15 metre height unscathed and in one piece without any cracks or dents!

The teams whose eggs touch the ground on landing will receive the full 6 points! If that is not the case, only half the points will be awarded.

The creativity and the idea behind the egg-landing-machine will also be evaluated. An independent jury (which is not made up of chickens by-the-way) will award from 1-6 points.

So the maximum points awarded to a team can be a solid dozen.

NO SWEAT WITHOUT SWEET

Apart from fame and honour and maybe even an entry in the history books there are some truly up-lifting prizes awaiting the winners.

Jörg Mitter

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THE INPSPIRING FORMULA: RED BULL X NEWTON.

For those who would like to approach the matter from a purely mathematical point of view but have, however, mislaid Newton’s law, are given a little help below:

Newton’s universal law of gravitation states that every point mass attracts every other point mass by a force directed along the line connecting the two. This force is proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

The proportionality factor G is the universal gravitational constant whereby

g = 9,81 m/s2.

For the average egg egg this would mean, that at a drop of 15 m height it would land after 1.748 seconds with a speed of 61.76 kph . This relates to a force of um, erm... well, without a proper egg-landing- machine it would definitely produce the perfect scrambled egg.

Too complicated? Then we have the following formula for you:

Red Bull = Creativity X Idea2 + Flash of Genius = Safe and Sound Egg-landing.