During test day things went pretty good though not how we expected them to go at all. We had originally planned on making a sort of airplane to direct the force more forwards vs. down to keep the egg in tact. When we did our first test though (from 5m) the container just fell straight down and tilted so the wings were useless and the egg was smashed. After that we gave up on the forward flight and just weighted the front end of the container so it was balanced and it worked by falling perfectly level so the wings could do their work and slow down the container and the egg survived. All the tests after that one worked out perfectly and consistently and we never broke an egg again. (the video below shows one of those successful tests)
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