Monday, May 21, 2012

Spaghetti Bridge 1


Update 5/14
We have found some blueprints on the internet to use for our spaghetti structure. We are narrowing down to the ones  that look simple but will work to our standards.


Update 5/15
We have found our designs that should work and meet our requirements. We want to have a sturdy but elegant structure. We feel that the blueprints we are using are high class.


Update 5/16
We have started making our blueprints for our spaghetti bridges. We haven't made many changes to it, except minor reinforcements on some of the bottom structures. We added a few more supports on the base of our bridge, we should finish our blueprints by tomorrow, so we can start assembling our bridge.


Update 5/17
We have completely finished 1 of our spaghetti bridge designs. We spent extra time on making sure it is how we want it to be. Making sure every spaghetti part is being efficiently. We are mainly finished with our other design, we just wanted to make sure the first is done with elegance and care.


Update 5/18
The blueprints are officially done and reinforced to their best ability. We think spending extra time on the blueprints is a positive thing because we want them to be well designed before we build. We can start creating our spaghetti masterpiece next week. The extra time to plan is a vital and important process so when we get to the next step we will know what we need to assemble.


Update 5/21
We have started building our bridge design. Assembling the sides, the first step. We are making one of the sides, and so far it is working good. Adding lots of x's in the bridge is important, so we will make an effort to get those done.


Update 5/22
We have finished both sides of the design. They seem pretty sturdy like they can withhold a kilogram. We will know soon. Next is connecting it.


Update 5/23
We have connected them together, after doing little extra work done on the bottom and more important parts of our bridge, we feel that it can withstand the weight that will be put on. We will test it after adding a few more durable pieces on it.


Update 5/24
The bridge has done it's requirements. It lasted the time and held up. We are done with this one. The next bridge we will work on after the little break.




Update 5/28
We have started making the next bridge. Now that we have finished the other one, this one isn't as stressful to make. We have finished one side of this one. We will do the the other side soon to come.









Update 5/29
The sides are done, and now we need to connect the sides. We will do that and then we will test it when we are ready.


Update 5/30
We made the sides connect. We tested the bridge but it broke. It's fine because the other won met the standards.











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