Leatherneck Nation

http://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php ... e_id=12309

The thing that really gets me is...

The WIU team completed its bridge in eight minutes while the other teams took almost the entire three-hour time limit.

I want to see some photos of this amazing 8-minute bridge that won the competition.

Let your imagination run wild. They have some example bridges included with the rules.

http://www.qcesc.org/Bridge_Building/QC ... es2015.pdf

They must have been using quick-drying super glue.

sealhall74 wrote:Let your imagination run wild. They have some example bridges included with the rules.

http://www.qcesc.org/Bridge_Building/QC ... es2015.pdf

They must have been using quick-drying super glue.

Looks like the same setup that we used to do in Science Olympiad. If I had to guess, Western's team had it all planned out and put together in the first 8 minutes, then was able to let the glue set for a couple of hours, whereas the other teams took longer to get it all put together.

Pretty impressive, and exciting to see all the cool things that the QC Engineering department is doing these days.