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Random Human wrote:

windu34 wrote:

Random Human wrote: I have built a couple towers but the issue now is I want some photo of scioly towers so I can get some ideas to improve my tower and compare mine to yours. Find my flaws and improve myself.
So can anybody post a picture of a decent tower?

This is a good one

Hey windu34
Thanks for posting your tower.
My question now is: How much did that tower weigh and how much did it hold. Also, what division are you in?

Its not my tower, found it on google images...I don't do towers, but it looked similar to the ones being built by my teammates

windu34 wrote:

Random Human wrote:

windu34 wrote: This is a good one

Hey windu34
Thanks for posting your tower.
My question now is: How much did that tower weigh and how much did it hold. Also, what division are you in?

Its not my tower, found it on google images...I don't do towers, but it looked similar to the ones being built by my teammates

Google gives all of the answers: link.

Note that this tower follows the old 2012 rules, where the tower had a width limitation above a certain height (hence the shape).

Unome wrote:

windu34 wrote:

Random Human wrote:
Hey windu34
Thanks for posting your tower.
My question now is: How much did that tower weigh and how much did it hold. Also, what division are you in?

Its not my tower, found it on google images...I don't do towers, but it looked similar to the ones being built by my teammates

Google gives all of the answers: link.

Note that this tower follows the old 2012 rules, where the tower had a width limitation above a certain height (hence the shape).

That's really important to understand. Under the 2012 rules, the bottom had to span a 20x20cm opening, but for a C-Div tower, at 30cm above the base (40cm above for B-Div), the tower had to fit inside an 8cm diameter circle. There is no such requirement this year; there is no reason to build a '2-piece' tower this year, you had to in 2012. There is no advantage, there is only disadvantages. The straight-leg configuration as shown in the drawing is what you want; period. The only photos out there that I've seen this year are from 2012. Interesting history, but not applicable to this year's rules/competition.

Tested a tower yesterday
Div. B - NY
Bonus - Yes
Load Scored - 12900 g +2000 g
Mass of Tower - 7.5 g
Efficiency - 1986.67

JZhang1 wrote:Tested a tower yesterday
Div. B - NY
Bonus - Yes
Load Scored - 12900 g +2000 g
Mass of Tower - 7.5 g
Efficiency - 1986.67

Nice, did you do a three sided or 4 sided design?

Random Human wrote:

JZhang1 wrote:Tested a tower yesterday
Div. B - NY
Bonus - Yes
Load Scored - 12900 g +2000 g
Mass of Tower - 7.5 g
Efficiency - 1986.67

Nice, did you do a three sided or 4 sided design?

4 Legs

JZhang1 wrote:

Random Human wrote:

JZhang1 wrote:Tested a tower yesterday
Div. B - NY
Bonus - Yes
Load Scored - 12900 g +2000 g
Mass of Tower - 7.5 g
Efficiency - 1986.67

Nice, did you do a three sided or 4 sided design?

4 Legs

Cool!

Clueless Builder wrote:First tower of the season.

Mass: 8.4g

Mass held: >15kg (probably around 25-30kg)
20-30kg is based off of estimates. We only had a max 500g scale so it is a pain to measure more.

Ratio = 15000/8.4 = 1786

Our ghetto chain ended up breaking before the tower so it may have held more, but it was already over max weight so it doesn't matter.

To put that score into perspective my best bridge last year was around 1500.

Are you Division B or C?

I'm C.

My newest tower held 15kg at 6.4g.

Clueless Builder wrote:I'm C.

My newest tower held 15kg at 6.4g.

Congratulations, "Clueless Builder!" Did you attempt the bonus?