Basketball Animal

assembly structure sport

A sport structure built from the 1,33 m module — frame plus mounted panels for basketball play. Built flat, then tilted upright and ballasted.

• Type: Structure
• Status: In use
• Primary function: sport / play

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Everything you need to build one basketball animal. All tubes diameter 50 x 2 mm wall. Click a part for specs and handling.

• Connector nodes: 28 (each = 2x T + 1x X)
• Tubes total: 81 - tube length: 126,95 m
• Tube weight: 103,3 kg - connector weight: 30,0 kg - total: 133,3 kg

Source: MoBil builder. Locking-pin count and panel mix to confirm.

Built flat as the animal profile, then tilted upright. Each node = the connector assembly (2x T + 1x X), joined by tubes.

1. Lay out the profile. Set the basketball-structure profile flat on the ground.
2. Connect. Join all connectors with tubes except the top-right and top-left node.
3. Build up. Add verticals and diagonals to the connected nodes.
4. Close the top surface with tubes.
5. Mount the basket panels. Add tubes to the remaining ground nodes, mounting the basketball panels sideways.
6. Add side panels where wanted.
7. Tilt 90. Stand the structure upright on its hinge.
8. Add the base for stability with water weights.

Each step maps to a stage in the viewer above.

• Pinch points at every connector - keep fingers clear when seating joints.
• Don't hammer pins with the frame unsupported; seat the joint by hand first.
• Tilting a tall frame upright needs enough hands - never lift it short-handed.

• Max impact / hanging load (hoop, panel): . kg (to define / test)
• Do not climb the frame or hang off the hoop unless rated and ballasted.
• Wind: above . km/h, remove panels and ballast or take down. (define - panel sail area)
• Never leave the structure up unattended in changing weather.

• Footprint anchoring with water weights at the base corners - mandatory; play loads are dynamic.
• Ropes to fixed points where available.
• Minimum ballast: . kg per corner (define per configuration).

1. Remove ballast and panels first.
2. Tilt the frame back down flat before breaking joints.
3. Pull top pins, lift off the top surface.
4. Pull verticals and diagonals.
5. Break the base. Nodes can stay assembled for next time, or break to flat-pack.

• Packs into: normal bike trailer (tubes + euroboxes for connectors); panels separately.
• Store dry. Check pins aren't bent before repacking.

What this structure accepts:

• Basket hoop

• Photos - Drawings - Exploded diagram
• Linked: Connector (the core joint)

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