Before we started building the bridges I already wanted to go solo. When I have a partner there is odd feeling in the air, like they want to contribute but they don’t say anything. Even when I ask for their opinion they asume just to go with what I have planned. But I also knew that there was going to be a shnozzz load of work to be done.
Although on the bridge building program my bridge design wasn’t the best I knew it was about the way you built it. In the early stages I was behind most groups then I began taking it home. Then next thing you know I was one of the few students with the layout of a bridge.
When I weighed my roadway it already weighed in at (50g)half the maximum weight. At this point i didn’t want to start worrying about the weight issue, it would just hold me back and make me stress. So i kinda said “screw the regulations”.
I wanted to build from right to left. I made my roadway 5cm longer than it should have been. So if it was to short I could cut some off or if i measured wrong then there was a little cusion. I built the legs fairly strong( I didnt want the legs to snap, that would look plain out WEAK). I immediatly glued on the middle beam. So that i could start putting on the others as followed.
Everday I would bring the bridge back home and work from around 10pm to 2am. But i guess thats what happens when you work by yourself. I maybe wanted a partner around that time.
The second half of the bridge was a breaze. I already knew how to cut the balsa wood, the lengths of the pieces, and the way to construct the pieces. I had two days until it was time to break the bidges. I only had legs and the truss to be finished. But the night before it was time to be finished I didnt go to sleep until 4am. Also the last pieces I installed were on the truss, to connect the middle to the legs. But thats exactly where my bridge broke first.
Iwould say I definitly had the cleanest bridge of everyones in the class. It really sucked that it only held 26lbs. I believe if the last couple pieces i put on were cut more precise then the weight would be way higher. Thank you for your time, I’m outta here PEACE!
