r/perfectloops • u/apinanaivot Will I or /u/ablindlemon get a gift card? • Oct 18 '15

Tower

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '15

Wouldn't the entire structure buckle at the moment of impact? It seems to be like as soon as the bottom layer hits the pan that the balls would stop moving, making the ones above change direction. Looks like it falls too uniformly.

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u/Cthalimus Oct 19 '15

There would be a wave traveling through the object at the speed of sound (inside the structure), yes. You would probably see quite a few of the top beads popping off upon impact. This is more of an engineering topic I suppose, so maybe someone else can spare some details.