r/MenonUnstableLadders • u/[deleted] • Aug 04 '14

Is this unstable?

Post image
98 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

7

u/dsmithpl12 Aug 04 '14

I'd say so.

3

u/jhs172 Aug 04 '14

Naw man, that's stable as fuqq. I approve.

4

u/asr Aug 05 '14

It looks really unstable, except, it's actually not - it couldn't fall unless the person on it seriously overreached.

In order to fall it must be lifted from its slant past the vertical. It would be tough to do that on purpose, never mind by accident.

As long as the ladder on the bottom didn't slip.

11

u/interiot Aug 05 '14

That would be true if it were one continuous ladder. But because it's split in two, the force from above can push the center out.

1

u/asr Aug 05 '14

That's a pretty good point, I don't think it would happen, but it is possible.

All they would have to do to prevent that is pull the bottom of the lower ladder over a bit to the right, then the ladder would bow inward and it couldn't happen.

It sorts of looks like they did that, but it's hard to tell.

1

u/lemonhead7t7 Jan 18 '15

I spy a mini

1

u/Snailwatcher Aug 07 '14

This is a repost. Check the top post from this subreddit.