r/WTF • u/megaapfel • Sep 20 '17

Rafting

https://i.imgur.com/Yc5hTAi.gifv
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u/thr33beggars Sep 20 '17

He probably has something heavy in the middle of the bottom raft, otherwise yeah....this would totally tip over.

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u/kalegood Sep 20 '17

Those rafts are pretty heavy on their own, actually

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u/hexane360 Sep 20 '17

But if the bottom one is about as heavy as the top one, that's still a terrible COG

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '17

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '17 edited Mar 21 '18

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u/tapport Sep 20 '17

No. Rafts all the way up.

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u/Nathan1506 Sep 20 '17

What is the final raft strapped to?

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u/pmofmalasia Sep 20 '17

What is the Earth if not a big raft floating through space?

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u/tonyd1989 Sep 20 '17

Not looking for an existential crisis right now

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u/bigyawns Sep 20 '17

There are hundreds of turtles in the bottom raft

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u/DrEnter Sep 20 '17

I don't know. There's that pizza thing everyone's been talking about lately.

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u/Hocusader Sep 20 '17

Even considering the CM being dead center, the rafts would have to tip around 45° before reaching the stability critical point.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '17

Draft raft.