Tallest K'Nex Tower

**BGTKing** · #1 06-23-2009, 02:44 PM

Since posting has been nonexistent in the Buildings/Towers forum, I figure I might as well get something going.

YouTube - The tallest k'nex tower in the world!!!!!!!

Anyone think this record height will be broke soon or ever?

LukeIsLuke · #2 06-23-2009, 05:54 PM

The Video won't play for me.
EDIT:
Lol, now it does. I think the stars of "Little People - Big World" on TLC are taller than that.

**BGTKing** · #3 06-23-2009, 09:24 PM

I thought it was a pretty sweet tower.

**The KNex Weasel** · #4 06-23-2009, 11:32 PM

ROFL x1000 at that video. Tallest K'Nex tower my ass--Dynamo was probably taller than that thing (Enigma and Glacier definitely were).

**Maxlaam** · #5 06-24-2009, 01:27 PM

Yeah, people that state things without doing research, I really get annoyed by them.

Men in Black · #6 06-24-2009, 01:34 PM

Holy shit that's awesome! I can't believe it! He did it! He did the impossible!

-MIB

KnexBuilder923 · #7 06-25-2009, 01:16 PM

Hey cool site here BGT, I will probably do better here than i did on SSC

Hopefully i can break that "tallest" knex structure......

coasterfanatic11 · #8 06-27-2009, 04:21 PM

haha, right...

I think that even I could break that record!

-cf11

austron · #9 09-24-2009, 08:50 PM

Sorry guys, world record for tallest knex structure is 106'. I do not think anybody is going to break that any time soon....

LukeIsLuke · #10 09-25-2009, 09:33 PM

Its was a joke... We had a big debate about the tallest knex taller on the sister forum before.

floris2burn · #11 11-05-2009, 04:56 PM

i heard the size of 106 feet before,
though i can't find eny record of it. Enyone knows a site/pickture?

and also, if you got a huge amount of k'nex, you can make eny size.

There should be a rate at height/weidth or height/pieces to compare towers.

Mine's 30' 9.6" (9m38), but now i got more k'nex, so next time i'll get higher (I hope)

YouTube- The triangle k'nex tower

**Kairah** · #12 11-05-2009, 05:43 PM

Jezus thats high! ó_Ò

floris2burn · #13 11-06-2009, 02:58 AM

When it crashes, it even fell over the fence. Had to run to the neighbours to retrieve it XD

but 106'... that must be some sponsored event with lots of people and special equipment (cranes, scaffolds, ..)

To bad i got to record everything with a digital photo camera, video quality isn't so good. (and it's an irritating .mov file type, a pain to get it working in movie maker)

Can't wait till spring to try it again

=> more info: http://www.knexforum.com/knexmodels/...ngle-tower-36/

**The KNex Weasel** · #14 11-13-2009, 01:28 PM

Heck, we've had 70* weather for the last two weeks (yes, in November). If it's still this good over Winter Break, I might decide to build an outdoor ball tower (maybe...12 feet tall?).

**Coaster105** · #15 11-13-2009, 01:46 PM

^I failed at my attempt for a big ball machine outside.

I had built all the pieces inside, and had done all the tracks, and switchers on the top 5 feet. Then i put it up out side, it was about 12 feet tall. Then i left it for a day, and came back the next day and looked up and realized i had built all the tracks through the shaft where the chain needed to go down. I had completely forgotten about the chain. I couldn't reach up there, so i just gave up and disassembled it.

Hopefully yours turns out better...

Post 100!

floris2burn · #16 11-13-2009, 02:35 PM

could at least drop the balls in it

but that's a good idea, might try building some ball machine that reaches to my window next spring-summer

kurtzthegreat · #17 12-01-2009, 06:00 PM

hey guys so i was just woundering anyone have a link for the 104 foot tower cuz im curently working on a record breaking tower and i need to know just how high i have to go i have a design for a 130 ft tower but havent bough the extra parts i need yet

**Coaster105** · #18 12-01-2009, 10:20 PM

Theres no link for it on the interent that i can find, but in the Knex 110+ book of ideas(red cover, made for limited time) it has a picture of it. Its 100.4 feet high, used 50,342 rods and connectors. Only 3 types of pieces were used on the entire tower. The Tan rods, that are red leangth, but stronger, the black rods, same leangth as grey, but stronger and blue 3d connectors.

TBH, 130 feet is not possible. Unless you are geting sponserd by knex, or another giant company, you won't have the pieces, or equipment to complete it.

floris2burn · #19 12-02-2009, 01:55 PM

do you know if it's free-standing?
like, only one main shaft (not several connected at different heights like meny high-coaster builders do) and without cables holding it at place?

and i think if we all put our k'nex together we can get pretty high

**Coaster105** · #20 12-02-2009, 05:09 PM

It was free standing.

it was 4 shafts connected together, with cross bracing all the way up. It was built somewhere in England, by Knex themselves.

**BGTKing** · #21 12-02-2009, 11:51 PM

One of the biggest issues you would have, because of the height, is that it would be illegal to construct without a permit.

You would also need some equipment (large cherry picker maybe) to assemble the tops of the structure. It would be nice to have all the pieces it would require though.

floris2burn · #22 12-03-2009, 02:05 AM

well, my neighbours don't mind me building this thing XD
and the only thing they can do is force you taking it down if u don't have permission to build it.. hell, it's not staying there for more then an hour, so no one will know XD

**The KNex Weasel** · #23 12-03-2009, 06:27 PM

130 feet...I can't see anyone reaching that height without some 75,000-100,000 pieces.

floris2burn · #24 12-04-2009, 01:56 PM

you need a convention or a big sponsor for that, and a good location and equipment

well, the tower k'nex made not counted, which one is the highest tower now?