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Re: Stability of cars/rails?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:45:00 GMT
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JAVANREE@VANREE.saynotospamNET
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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.
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> 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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