Comments on: Balsa Tower

By: Miss.HappyFace

Miss.HappyFace — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:49:30 +0000

Which one held the most textbooks and how many did it hold

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:47:31 +0000

Heavy enough

By: IED

IED — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:18:01 +0000

How heavy was the tower above?

By: Asmita

Asmita — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:11:00 +0000

i m making model of tower and podium design… can u give any idea?

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:01:00 +0000

How many feet of balsa wood did you use? Because I am doing an engineering project, and we are only allowed 24 ft. Also, we can only make the base 5 x 5 inches. Do you see that as a problem?

By: Garrett Boon

Garrett Boon — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:17:26 +0000

Technically this zig-zag pattern is a type of lateral bracing. In answer to your question, I am doubtful if this method is the most efficient.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:09:48 +0000

Do you believe this zig zag pattern is better or should I use a lateral bracing?

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:28:13 +0000

i have been tring for about three months to find good structure designs will you give me any good tips im doing this for the structure challenge for di

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:31:21 +0000

The tower you made seems to be very efficient. May I know where to get the guidelines from and how you got it?

By: Garrett Boon

Garrett Boon — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:58:59 +0000

John, I built this tower during my time in Science Olympiad, although this tower wasn’t to the specs. I was testing some new concepts for me at the time. To be a true SO tower I would have had to have built an upper section for the tower.