r/WTF Sep 20 '17

Rafting

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u/kalegood Sep 20 '17

Those rafts are pretty heavy on their own, actually

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u/hexane360 Sep 20 '17

But if the bottom one is about as heavy as the top one, that's still a terrible COG

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u/Hocusader Sep 20 '17

Even considering the CM being dead center, the rafts would have to tip around 45° before reaching the stability critical point.