For the past week or two I have been working on my cantilever tower for engineering- I have done a few things differently in the design department as I have gone. Originally, I had the tower with a generic pentagon/four legs, while the cantilever now has 3 legs, 3 laminated beams and 2 support beams (it may follow with two more beams). I've made the tower into a triangle, and have decided to go with more support in the middle than waste precious building material on areas that may not be affected. This leaves more room to secure the arm and add stability to the overall crane. We will be testing next Tuesday, and I would be more than happy to videotape the destruction or my hard work. I am kind of looking forward to it! We get to find out through structural analysis where these things break.
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