I've made some progess on the Cantilever Tower!
One thing I have noticed with the towers is, when we have to get our balsa wood pieces, we have to "strip" the balsa off a larger, flatter piece. This is tedious, and takes a careful hand to do. I have messed up a few pieces already, but largely saved a lot of balsa. Others have not done as well as I have stripping their balsa, and soon we may not have enough for the class.
So it hit me. I have ordered dragster parts from Pitsco before, so I figure they may have structure building materials. BINGO. 1/8th by 1/8th by 24" pieces of balsa wood, cut with the preciseness of a machine and packaged carefully. I will be ordering some from Pitsco, the 50 pc set is enough for 5 cantilever towers. I can count on it, and make sure I have the best tower I can build with available resources. If I am intelligent enough to secure outside (legal) resources, I should have the power to use them =p.
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