How do i Make a free standing tower out of paper?

Question

In my physics class I have a project to make the tallest free standing tower I possibly can, using only one single sheet of computer paper and 12 inches of masking tape. I was thinking of cutting the paper into thin strips, rolling each one up, and taping them on top of each other, but I really don't know what the best method would be. Any help?
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Answer 1

Cut your paper in strips.
Fold them double length-wise, and unfold again, and fold the outer edges to the middle, so your paper strip is divided in four.
Now fold into a triangle along these folds, one side is double, a little bit of tape on the ends of these sticks should fix them.
With three of these sticks you can make a tower.
Look at scouting sites with pioneering for tower ideas.
http://ropesandpoles.blogspot.com/2004/12/masts-and-towers.html
Use the masking tape in thirds too, you mostly need just a little strip to steady the structure, but when the tape has to do the same job as rope in pioneering you might want to use longer bits, keep them narrow for that.

Your idea of rolling is based on the same, but it is harder to get the rolls sturdy.

Use some short pieces between the legs of the tower, much sturdier that way.
And do NOT try to transport the tower before measuring, if you need you can make the paper sticks at home, but you better build in place, (if allowed you can even tape to the floor?)

Answer 2

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we had the same class project last year except we had about 3hours to finish it in class.there were 20 teams.we get to use as many A4 paper and 1 masking tape.we began by tightly rolling each paper and taping it.they were chopsticks size.we then made a bigger roll where in each rolls has about 12-15smaller rolls.we had 5 of those.we stacked another 3big rolls on top of the 5 bottom ones...and basically built a tower that can withstand test that uses water and wind...it may not be the same as yours but the idea is similar right?hope it'll give you some ideas on how to tackle yours...yours is much more complicated...good luck

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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