Totally unrelated, but I've always been fascinated by suspension bridges. When I was 12 I built one out of Lego blocks with a road deck 5 feet long, using fishing line for the cabling. I couldn't get past a few feet at first, my towers would break in half. I glued the blocks. It helped, for a bit. Finally I realized that the cables shouldn't be affixed to the towers, that they should be draped over them and anchored at the ends.
Then I got my first knex set and learned how cantilevers work.
Totally unrelated, but I've always been fascinated by suspension bridges. When I was 12 I built one out of Lego blocks with a road deck 5 feet long, using fishing line for the cabling. I couldn't get past a few feet at first, my towers would break in half. I glued the blocks. It helped, for a bit. Finally I realized that the cables shouldn't be affixed to the towers, that they should be draped over them and anchored at the ends.
Then I got my first knex set and learned how cantilevers work.