Sorry you're right, it's not cranes and they aren't holding it up just keeping it steady. But my tower didn't need that, I built it strong enough it could atand of it's own accord.
Only to the ceiling, mind you. I don't have enough lego to go up 36 metres.
Weird distinction. I could pile concrete blocks 5 miles up. They are strong enough, just not stable enough. So, this would be the tallest supported lego structure.
I wonder if there's a separate record that doesn't allow the cables, where teams need to use these kinds of things to prevent it falling. Would probably have to be done indoors, away from wind.
And in the end, they show a pyramid around that height (4x higher than Burj Khalifa, just smaller than the mount Fuji) and how much it would cost, which is completely unrealistic at that point, as it'd use up all the oil in the world.
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27 Comments
expatriado@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 12d
when a lego project calls for a civil engineer
picnicolas@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 12d
When a Lego loving kid becomes a civil engineer
Hal@piefed.nz · 20 pts · 12d
Damn, and I thought I was doing well building from the floor to the ceiling. Mine was freestanding though, it didn't need cranes to hold it up.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social · 7 pts · 12d
The cranes aren’t holding it up the cable stays are keeping it from falling over.
Hal@piefed.nz · 7 pts · 12d
Sorry you're right, it's not cranes and they aren't holding it up just keeping it steady. But my tower didn't need that, I built it strong enough it could atand of it's own accord.
Only to the ceiling, mind you. I don't have enough lego to go up 36 metres.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social · 4 pts · 12d
Theirs is strong enough to stand it’s just not stable enough to.
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 12d
Weird distinction. I could pile concrete blocks 5 miles up. They are strong enough, just not stable enough. So, this would be the tallest supported lego structure.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social · 3 pts · 12d
If you stacked them into a five mile high pyramid they’d be strong enough and stable enough too.
Ascend910@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 12d
Have you tried designing a TMD system to keep a tower stright at all times
Hal@piefed.nz · 1 pts · 11d
I wonder if there's a separate record that doesn't allow the cables, where teams need to use these kinds of things to prevent it falling. Would probably have to be done indoors, away from wind.
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 12d
My brother and I did the same thing once as kids. God, that was a blast. Dad even helped us put the last bricks at the top.
procrastitron@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 12d
Doesn’t count unless those are Lego brand guide wires.
(Although I’d let it slide if they were Mega Bloks wires)
Wolf314159@startrek.website · 6 pts · 11d
They should have built a Lego pyramid, wouldn't have needed the cables.
HuePony@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 11d
It would cost like new data center
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 12d
How tall can a lego structure get before the base bricks fail?
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 12d
the corridor crew has a video on this and they mention the hydraulic press experiment @9:40 and added some cool visuals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68oXafUzirE
::: spoiler spoiler ~375'000 bricks ~ 3.6km
And in the end, they show a pyramid around that height (4x higher than Burj Khalifa, just smaller than the mount Fuji) and how much it would cost, which is completely unrealistic at that point, as it'd use up all the oil in the world. :::
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 12d
At least as tall as a traffic cone I'd say.
Davel23@fedia.io · 3 pts · 12d
I don't have numbers for you, but here's some Lego vs. a hydraulic press and it survives pretty well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l10hJxV4SGo
saltesc@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12d
Well they're on a wide base to distribute load among many bricks.
Do this enough and the only limit is bricks melting under the heat of the pressure.
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 12d
Incoming sibling to wreck that tower
Alexfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11d
At first I thought the base of it was blurred out for some reason lol!
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12d
Yea! Plastic!
AviAdi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 12d
It's fantastic!
0x0@infosec.pub · -12 pts · 12d
Slop shit
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 12d
Nope, Omer Tower in Tel Aviv. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/tel-aviv-attempts-plastic-brick-record-with-36-metre-tower-idUSKBN1EM0OB/
It took barely any time to search by image and find it.
delial@lemmy.sdf.org · -7 pts · 12d
Pretty sure this is a slop image of a real tower. The photos in the article don't have the absurdly large ratchet strap.
geekwithsoul@piefed.social · 8 pts · 12d
Visual perspective is a new thing for you I guess?