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Re: Stability of cars/rails?
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:45:00 GMT
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Mike Thorn wrote:

At 05:06 PM 10/13/2003, you wrote:
In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
Mike Thorn wrote:
So you want to mount a camera on a flatbed and put it on a circle?
If so you might want to make an arm that goes into the center, and put
some weight on it and a single wheel or even one of those boat "glider
pads" round 2*2 under it (as in 6541 and 6542), that should keep it
even more steady, although it would require a nice flat surface, but
that would already be the case for the track anyway.

wow, that's getting complicated.

how about a 12v motor, at the center, with a platform built onto it.  you
get stability (by removing the bogey aspect), and simplicity.

if need be, i can post a mockup, but somehow i don't see this as a problem
requiring realism, just simplicity.

Both ideas would work excellently for an external 360-degree pan, but once
again I forgot to mention one thing: the subject is in the middle.

Then, if the LEGO track radius is sufficient, my idea still would work, just
put the arm on the outside, and definately use a wheel this time. Nothing
visible within the track circle!
--
Jan-Albert van Ree   | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
Brick Piles          | Santa Fe B-unit



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  Re: Stability of cars/rails?
 
(...) I'm not sure I understand that. Are you saying use two separate tracks and put the "outrigger" on the outer track? I basically want to circle an object (in this case a large one) with the camera. I'm not sure how an arm on the outside helps (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Stability of cars/rails?
 
(...) Both ideas would work excellently for an external 360-degree pan, but once again I forgot to mention one thing: the subject is in the middle. To clarify: I'm doing a film where I have a cardboard "valley" full of sand. I want to do a pan all (...) (21 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)

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