- How could you have made your tower easier to build upwards? What could you have done?
- Why did you choose the parts you did?
- Did you change your mind and redesign a specific part of your tower? Why?
- If these towers were build off site how would you transport them to their final place?
- What did you find difficult? Consider resources, time, other groups.
- What were some variables that made it difficult for you to build inside? How about outside?
- What part(s) failed? Why?
- How could you have made it stronger? Show me.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
How High Can You Build - Day 2-Day 3
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1. It would've been easier if we built the tower either laying down sideways or built in two sections.
ReplyDelete2. We chose to use the longer gray pieces because our design would be able to utilize them without flimsiness
3. Yes, it was meant to have diagonal beams every level, but the kinect joints had limited amounts of spaces to connect everything together
4. we could separate it in half and then transport it
5. resources is always an issue because there are many pieces that are demanded by many different groups, making it hard to find certain pieces
6. People can only reach so high, and we could not find many things to stand on top of to reach higher. Outside, the bumpy grass may be a problem for balance.
1) To build is higher we could've built it sideways and then stood it up when we were satisfied with the length.
ReplyDelete2)We chose the pieces we did because they seemed to be the least used and most plentiful which means we would not run out of pieces.
3) We changed our mind on the supports within the structure because as we got taller it began to shake a lot so we made it sturdier.
4)To transport them off site we would split it in half. Our building also folds so it would be pretty simple.
5) The only difficult part for us was reaching the top to add pieces because it was getting really tall.
6) The height of our building was hard to keep adding pieces to the top. If we were outside we could get a really big ladder and we would have no problem
1. It would've been easier to build it by laying it on its side or building individual parts and connecting them later.
ReplyDelete2. We chose the grey pieces because they were the longest. Using the longest piece would ensure less points of weakness and make it easier to create a wide base. It also made it easier to build up.
3. We were originally going to incorporate more triangles in our structure, but because of the nature of the K'nex, it wasn't possible. We also had to make the base wider to stabilize the structure.
4. We would separate the structure into a few pieces and reassemble it on site.
5. There weren't that many of the pieces that we wanted to use. We also found it difficult to build higher because of our heights...
6. We were too short... If we built it outside, I would be most worried about the wind.
1. It would've been easier to build it higher if we built it in parts, though it may still be difficult when we're adding all the parts on top of each other.
ReplyDelete2. We chose the gray pieces for our main parts because they're the longest, lessening the amount of materials we would need.
3. We changed the base by adding more pieces so that it would be more supportive to the whole tower. If the base stayed a similar size to the tower itself, then it would tip over to a side more easily.
We also added more pieces to the sides of the tower for a bit more balance and support.
4. The tower would be split into parts and reassembled later.
5. I wish each group had their own infinite amount of pieces. :D Because all the groups' towers are growing, the amount of pieces are decreasing; so it's difficult to find pieces we need.
A really tall ladder would be helpful.
6. Outside, the sky is the limit. I'm pretty confident that my group's tower would be stable all the way up (as long as there are no disturbances, like wind or an uneven surface). But first, we need a way to get all the parts on! (since we can only reach so high). Even if the tower were on its side, I think it would be difficult to get it up.
1)It would be easier to build if we had a ladder. even a step stool isnt enough anymore.
ReplyDelete2)We chose the parts we did because we thought by using the smaller parts there would be less twisting in the tower and with more connectors it would be stiffer.
3)we only changed one part because we ran out of the part we wanted to use
4)i would have it split into many sections and bring them by truck to the cite and put them together there.
5) I found it difficult to build once the tower was already really tall because it was difficult to reach high and when we tried having the tower on its side and then putting it upward, it wanted to snap and we pulled it upward because we couldn't reach high enough to support the top of the tower as we make it right side up.
6)Running out of pieces made it difficult to build and the fact that sometimes the pieces want to snap apart from each other because of there being too much load on them.