Thread: Sitting on top of tubes
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Unread 07-01-2007, 20:42
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Re: Sitting on top of tubes
When we inflated our tube, we wanted to distribute the weight over the tube, so we put a drafting board on top of it. We didn't have a robot on hand, but we stacked the entire KOP on the board, and it sank to about 6.5" , which is interesting. Has anyone else noticed that they are really only about 7.5" high, not 9.5 like the rulebook claims? So it sank about an inch, although I can't give you a number for how much weight we used. Tomorrow when the weightroom is open we're gonna go try it out with exactly 135 lbs (have to add in bumpers).