Paper Tower Challenge

1 A4 format sheet of paper
1 scissor
1 roll of tape
1 hour

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• KPS
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[shweetnessgirl]

heey, i need to build a self supporting tower (with exceptions to it being taped to the floorr) with 1 sheeet of printer paper, 1 scisssor & 50 cm of tapee. THATS IT! NOT EVEN A PENCIL... . we have already tried rollling them very small & keep getting smaller as you go up, but its VERY hard to keep it standing upright. Any suggestions?

[jorgenskyt]

@shweetnessgirl

The legs (or beams) used in this construction are NOT tubes! Tubes are very strong, but totally overkill regarding strength and material usage! They are apx 5 times stronger and uses 2-3 times as much material as necessary.

[jorgenskyt]

@shweetnessgirl

This is how you make the beams: Slice thin strips of paper (4-6 mm / a little les than 1/8 of an inch), along the center of each strip you draw a line with a ball-point-pen (hard drawn line). Along this line you fold the strip straight and sharp, at an angle about 60 degrees. THAT is your beam!

[jorgenskyt]

@shweetnessgirl

I'm sorry but the instructions must be read bacwords ... :) ...Youtube is weird!

Jorgenskyt

[jorgenskyt]

@HaseoTakaeda

Read all the comments ... and good luck! ;-)

[HaseoTakaeda]

@jorgenskyt Hi! I've got an exam coming up, with a similar task;

1 Sheet of 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper

Scissors

3 feet of tape

Aiming for 5 feet 6 inches

Suggestions?

[Trainboy1EJR]

thanks ladies, with that same principal, i built a 221cm tower, totally obliterating the previous record of 206cm. built in less than 40 minutes. 1 sheet of printer paper, 30 cm of tape, a ruler, and scissors. it was fun!

[Trainboy1EJR]

thanks ladies, with that same principal, i built a 221cm tower, totally obliterating the previous record of 206cm. built in less than 40 minutes. 1 sheet of printer paper, 30 cm of tape, a ruler, and scissors, what can you do?

[jorgenskyt]

@shweetnessgirl

With three ground-triangles you have three lifted triangles (almost, but not quite perpendicular to the floor). The uppermost of each of these triangles is connected with horizontal paper-legs, creating a horizontal triangle, slightly smaller than the triangle described by the three points on the floor. And so you continue - always creating new triangles!

[jorgenskyt]

@shweetnessgirl

The ANSWER is 3. Everything that comes threesome is stiff and stable:

Three legs taped to the floor in a triangle. From each of these points legs stretches upwards, meeting each other in a point creating a triangle between to groundpoints and one "lifted point".