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Originally Posted by Troubadour
As noted, I couldn't find the compression strength spec for Legos. The spec for the material is all that was available. Ironically, I ran into tons of bulletin board postings where people complained about their inability to find Lego specs anywhere.  |
This suprises you?
There a several physical problems here, but the three primary issues I can see are overturning (you are creating a giant vertical cantilever), lateral wind pressure and base shear.