Counter Weight Flying: Difference between revisions
From paperclip
SMacluskie (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
SMacluskie (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
The set is considered to be correctly weighted (balanced) when an operator can, let go of the control line and neither the scenery nor the cradle move. | The set is considered to be correctly weighted (balanced) when an operator can, let go of the control line and neither the scenery nor the cradle move. | ||
The control line allows the operator to control the movement of the cradle, and therefore the scenery. The rope is moved in the same direction as the travel of the bar, i.e. when the rope is pulled down the bar will travel down toward the stage floor and vice versa. The cradle also moves exactly the same distance as the bar but in the opposite direction i.e. when the cradle moves up 6m the bar will travel down 6m, towards the stage floor. | The control line ( or "hauling line" as marked in the diagram) allows the operator to control the movement of the cradle, and therefore the scenery. The rope is moved in the same direction as the travel of the bar, i.e. when the rope is pulled down the bar will travel down toward the stage floor and vice versa. The cradle also moves exactly the same distance as the bar but in the opposite direction i.e. when the cradle moves up 6m the bar will travel down 6m, towards the stage floor. | ||
I realise this is fairly hard to understand on paper but you will have the opportunity in the first weeks of term to try out the flying system and then refer back to these notes. I hope they will then become clearer. | I realise this is fairly hard to understand on paper but you will have the opportunity in the first weeks of term to try out the flying system and then refer back to these notes. I hope they will then become clearer. | ||
