02-02-94 2nd Annual Egg Fly-In

                         NEWS ADVISORY:
        ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO DROP EGGS DOWN STAIRWELL

     Can ingenuity, education and an old sock slow down an egg
dropped 115 feet down a concrete stairwell enough to prevent it
from meeting Humpty Dumpty's fate?  About 50 Ohio State
University engineering students will give it a try during the
second annual "Egg Fly In" on Thursday, Feb. 3, in Dreese
Laboratory, 2015 Neil Avenue.

     From 4:30 to 6 p.m., sophomore students in Aeronautical and
Astronautical Engineering 201 will drop homemade contraptions
containing one to six raw chicken eggs over the railing on the
8th floor landing of the Dreese Lab stairwell.  Scores will be
computed by multiplying seconds of "flying" time by the number of
unbroken eggs.  The student with the highest score will win the
coveted "Golden Twinkie" award as well as the right to drop one
question from the course's final exam.

     Lecturer Bob Boyd said the contest is part of the class's
design component and tests the students' ability to use
aerodynmic theory and their own ingenuity.  The egg containers
must be built using only low-cost materials from a list supplied
by the instructor.  Among the sanctioned materials are a small
amount of balsa wood, a wire coat hanger, a soft drink can pull
tab, a sock, an Ohio State bumper sticker, and a Twinkie cake.

     Reporters interested in covering the Egg Fly-In can contact
Bob Boyd at 292-2691 or 292-5491, for more information.  The
stairwell is not well lit for photography, so videographers and
photographers are advised to bring portable lighting.

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[Submitted by: REIDV  (reidv@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
Wed, 02 Feb 1994 10:35:21 -0500 (EST)]
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