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We had this project in my structures class in which we had to make a bridge. The paramaters were only material 1/16"x1/16", no linear materials. Had to span 24 inches, and couldnt attach to anything. Were hanging bricks from them, whoever made the strongest bridge = the win

So i made this bridge. Its rather strong, should fare well…

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/vq30dett/04-11-06_2051.jpg

Now heres where the :snky: comes in. Flex in a bridge is usually good, but in this case, rigidity = the win. So my friend vic sprayed the whole bridge with fiberglass resin. The balsa absorbed it, and that fucker is solid, like you can stand on it.

I just thought id share my :snky: creativity…

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edit: one primary advantage is that we couldnt attach members in a linear manner, only end to end. This should strengthen those joints quite a bit…

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you have a friend that goes by vic? thats badass.

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looks good how long did that take to think up and put together

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So Cheating equals the win?? Since I am sure outside of your classroom there is no magic strength spray for large scale structures :slight_smile:

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haha yea u sure they aren’t gonna catch on to your lil “advantage”? :stuck_out_tongue:

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thats cool, good design…i won one of those contests, except it was in 5th grade and it was special interest class(smart kid class). except we were given a budget, supplies(toothpicks+glue/other miscellaneus stuff) cost money. i was the foreman of my group. our bridge held 31/5 bricks. which is still the record(most avg. between 1.5-2)…i was happy. it looked similar to that, except less toothpicks and more compact.

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I’ve learned that it’s not what the rules say, it’s what they don’t say.

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^^^:headbang:

As long as it is not written out as illegal to use, I say go for it.

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they’ll bust you for cheating when it holds more bricks than they have available for the contest lol.

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yes but in the real world, a designer should look for every advantage he/she can get…

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theres only 10 available LOL

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what school/program is this for?

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ub architecture

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meh, i did this in hs… it was a fun project… my bridge sucked though :frowning:

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held 70lbs…

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did you win?

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is this the stuff that’s going on in Parker??
I just saw a girl bring in a bridge this morning…

my office is sandwiched between the studios in Parker basement

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nah were in crosby, our shop is in parker though…

im not sure if i won, i didnt stay for the whole thing. I kinda doubt it did tho. One bridge held 2x as much as mine, but it was made of steel and weighed 4x as much. Weight is factored into the contest, so mine still may be the best…

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you could use a stronger lightweight material like alum for the bridge, so it has the weight of wood and a bit less strength than steel, or you could be a baller and use some high strength shit.

you could have made a bilit bridge but that would have costs thousands rofl