 | | Arched Through Truss Bridge - LegoWorld 2005 Bridge strength contest —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | (URL) Some photos of LegoWorld 2005 Bridge strength contest, and of the arched bridge that I built for it are (URL) here> Enjoy! Philo (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | | | | Re: Arched Through Truss Bridge - LegoWorld 2005 Bridge strength contest —Bob Kojima
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| | | | | your bridge is very nice looking. i like the steep outer curve on it. and 76kg is quite a large load. TJs spread sheet makes very good bridges. bob (...) Bob Kojima ko@fial.com Fial Incorporated Telecom Monitoring Solutions 4343 SW Corbett Ave (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Arched Through Truss Bridge - LegoWorld 2005 Bridge strength contest —Ted Michon
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| | | | | (...) Philo- Cool looking bridge. Neat contest. For our current SCLTC layout, we built twin 192-stud long truss bridges with the truss work under the decks. We tested the spans with a 13 pound bowling ball in the center and measured a deflection of (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Arched Through Truss Bridge - LegoWorld 2005 Bridge strength contest —Jeff Findley
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| | | | | (...) Cool. I very much like your bridge. And you're right, there should have been a weight limit in the contest, otherwise, the person with the most LEGO will always win. ;-) Jeff (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Arched Through Truss Bridge - LegoWorld 2005 Bridge strength contest —Anders Isaksson
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| | | | | | (...) Why not calculate the ratio (Carried weight) / (Structure weight) as the winning criterion? (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Arched Through Truss Bridge - LegoWorld 2005 Bridge strength contest —Thomas Avery
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| | | | (...) WOW! That's very impressive. (yeh, I know- I'm a little late in posting this. :-) It has a nice shape and looks very stout. The relatively large height (compared to the span length) gives it a lot of strength. I like how you doubled some of (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Arched Through Truss Bridge - LegoWorld 2005 Bridge strength contest —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | (...) Thanks TJ! (...) Yes, it was very helpful to optimize member length to minimize members splits and match my parts collection! (...) I don't think I would have won... this bridge (URL) had about the same weight but was stronger. Anyway I prefer (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.technic)
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