Giant Lever

 

Visitors engage in a stacked game of tug of war. On one side of the lever the rope is located two feet from the fulcrum, on the other side the rope is located six feet from the fulcrum. Visitors on the two foot side soon realize the odds were against them as their mechanical disadvantage becomes apparent. The unexpected victories and defeats of this challenge inspires curiosity of the mechanisms at work in visitors of all ages.