This bridge is going to kill me

[Magnalian]

My friends and I have been trying to find a way to successfully wire a bunch of pistons, like so:
[] = piston
L = Lava

LL [][][][] LL
LL [][][][] LL
LL [][][][] LL

They're supposed to act like a drawbridge over a lava moat, but we just can't figure out how to do it and it's 3 AM right now so f**k it. If anybody could help us solve this I'd be much obliged. Heck, I might even be thrilled.

PS: Yes, I know this should be posted on the official minecraft forums which would probably be faster, but for some reason I can't access my username anymore, and I'll be damned if I make a new one.

EDIT: for the record, this is supposed to be a top-down view. When the pistons are extended, they are at the same height as the lava, so that the lava flows over them when they retract.

 

[Mikkaddo]

the -ONLY- way I can see that working, is if you have source blocks set up at the first L on either side to keep the lava out, then put the pistons down so that when in the down position, the lava would be over them, and then take out the blocks that are keeping the lava flow away.

However, there's no guarantee that doing this would not destroy the pistons when you take away the source blocks or that there would be a way to wire them so that they would work properly either. But it's something to think about.

 

[Doopliss64]

Here's how it goes when I use redstone:

1. I GOT A CRAZY IDEA BRO! LET'S DO THIS!
2. Pistons complete... time to start wiring.
3. Wait... how does redstone work again?
4. FCKI@#NKJKJHRGLBGLAAAAARB

So my advice is to accept that your life will never amount to anything and go back to building houses out of dirt.

 

[karoliso]

Sorry to say but that is impossible. I just tried it and if two pistions extend while stickied to one another they stay in one position.

EDIT: Scratch that, just found a way. I did it like this:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1503/unledherewe.png

You need to transmit the on/off to the first piston via a repeater used as a delayer.