String Skater Dolly?

[kevinottawa]

Just bored, and reading The Internet (Lots of down time at work)
And an idea poped in my head, I saw people use a string and a screw as a monopod, which works by fixing the camera at a set distance.

What if you took that principle and expanded on it, what if you used a tent peg instead of your foot and a longer string? you could have somone stand right beind the peg, and as long as you kept the camera at the same level, you could rotate around like a skater dolly, or a circle track dolly. Just make sure yout shoot things above the ground.

Just an idea, what do you guys think?

 

[kevinottawa]

Also, I guess you could use this as a Jib as well doing the opposite., maybe add a foot of some sort of elastic rope/tubing/whatever, you wont be able to go as high as a jib (unless your as tall as me) but it would give you the same effect.