Safety first

[Mave]

 

[Impulse]

It is actually really safe.

 

[GPow69]

Actually that's a great idea. The ladders are locked in place, and the structures they're creating are triangles which are the strongest shape. I doubt that thing is comin' down, unless tubby decides to jump off the plank in the window.

 

[Panki]

Actually that's a great idea. The ladders are locked in place, and the structures they're creating are triangles which are the strongest shape. I doubt that thing is comin' down, unless tubby decides to jump off the plank in the window.

The strongest shape is a circle.

 

[GPow69]

Okay, well have fun making a perfect circle with ladders :troll:

 

[Nimphiouus]

I don't see how a circle is the strongest shape, as you can see here the pressure would cave in since there is no support in the middle.

With the triangle, there are more support for it.

 

[Gothic]

^ He has a point

And this looks like fun :troll:

 

[Stybar]

I don't see how a circle is the strongest shape, as you can see here the pressure would cave in since there is no support in the middle.

With the triangle, there are more support for it.

True, but I still don't think this is safe... The whole construction will collapse if one ladder slips away.The first two ladders on the ground are placed kinda precariously, leaning on each other, and the third ladder appears (appears, because I can't see it good enough) to be standing on top of the one on the ground. If one of those two slips, tubby there would be bouncing on the ground

 

[GPow69]

With the triangle, there are more support for it.

Who's gonna trust a guy who uses 'are' instead of 'is'? :troll:

 

[Nimphiouus]

With the triangle, there are more support for it.

Who's gonna trust a guy who uses 'are' instead of 'is'? :troll:

xD I get the two mixed up sometimes xD

 

[Panki]

A circle is the strongest shape because the force applied to it can get transferred to the whole surface. If you cut 2 eggs in half and put only the hulls with the pointy side up on the ground, you can manage to stand on it.

I suck at explaining this, so here:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_the_triangle_the_strongest_shape

 

[Nimphiouus]

:troll: Thanks Mave for relinking.

Learned that circles nor triangles are the strongest shapes - domes are.