The Impossible Race

I am still brainstorming the Hypercrane. I have inspected what is out there online and went through 'sticker shock' when I saw what they were selling for! :shocked:

Some of the larger jibs are sweet. Left hand on the verizoom and focus and right hand on a joystick that controls X and Y movement of the camera. Handles to control the up and down, left and right of the whole rig. Nice. $20,000 on up... not nice. I want to do the same thing for cheapo.

My dream rig has the ability to raise and lower the crane with an 'up-down' footpedal, left hand on the Verizoom and focus and right hand on a joystick for camera aiming. A grip would move the back of the operator to swing the rig. Monitor will be directly in front of the operator.

I have all of the electronics made for the control of the AC stepper motors for the camera functions and have the motor for the raising and lowering of the rig. I need to put the dual camera functions into a single joystick. Right now I have the switches for the up/down, with varibiable speed control, and then a separate switch for the left/right with variable speed control. I have a separate switch for the rig up/down that I want to put into a foot switch... maybe a wah-wah pedal potentiometer. I am looking for a large single screw set up that used to go with the old 8' satellite dishes to use for the smooth electronic up/down of the whole rig. I want the operator to be on a light stool (drum throne?) attached to the base that can rotate with the rig so the operator can stay on the back lateral side of the rig toward the action at all times. The Hypercrane I have made blueprints for will have an ability to raise camera 20.5'. I want the camera on the end to lower and raise to vertical. I want left/right pan to be able to pan 180 degrees. That one is tough as I am not going to hang the camera on the front but am opting to have the camera on the direct front end of the crane for an advantage mechanically.

Shane, alternatives are to use all hand controls except for the verizoom and focus. I have an alternative design for that too. This thing is moderately complex and will take a while to build. Be ready to buy me a double double! :thumbsup:
 
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Gary Sconce said:
I am still brainstorming the Hypercrane. I have inspected what is out there online and went through 'sticker shock' when I saw what they were selling for! :shocked:

Some of the larger jibs are sweet. Left hand on the verizoom and focus and right hand on a joystick that controls X and Y movement of the camera. Handles to control the up and down, left and right of the whole rig. Nice. $20,000 on up... not nice. I want to do the same thing for cheapo.

My dream rig has the ability to raise and lower the crane with an 'up-down' footpedal, left hand on the Verizoom and focus and right hand on a joystick for camera aiming. A grip would move the back of the operator to swing the rig. Monitor will be directly in front of the operator.

I have all of the electronics made for the control of the AC stepper motors for the camera functions and have the motor for the raising and lowering of the rig. I need to put the dual camera functions into a single joystick. Right now I have the switches for the up/down, with varibiable speed control, and then a separate switch for the left/right with variable speed control. I have a separate switch for the rig up/down that I want to put into a foot switch... maybe a wah-wah pedal potentiometer. I am looking for a large single screw set up that used to go with the old 8' satellite dishes to use for the smooth electronic up/down of the whole rig. I want the operator to be on a light stool (drum throne?) attached to the base that can rotate with the rig so the operator can stay on the back lateral side of the rig toward the action at all times. The Hypercrane I have made blueprints for will have an ability to raise camera 20.5'. I want the camera on the end to lower and raise to vertical. I want left/right pan to be able to pan 180 degrees. That one is tough as I am not going to hang the camera on the front but am opting to have the camera on the direct front end of the crane for an advantage mechanically.

Shane, alternatives are to use all hand controls except for the verizoom and focus. I have an alternative design for that too. This thing is moderately complex and will take a while to build. Be ready to buy me a double double! :thumbsup:
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I say skip all the controls and build one with a seat and a ball head so that one of us can sit on the end and control the camera.

I think it should be designed to be operated by two to three people. The movement of the crane should be one person. The focus and camera movement should be one or two people depending on the complexity. One person doing it all makes for sloppy shots.
 
sfoster said:
I say skip all the controls and build one with a seat and a ball head so that one of us can sit on the end and control the camera.

I think it should be designed to be operated by two to three people. The movement of the crane should be one person. The focus and camera movement should be one or two people depending on the complexity. One person doing it all makes for sloppy shots.
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Are you serious? I guess that would work. If Dad could build one where it had a platform where someone actually sat at the end by the camera and did all the controls...it would be interesting. hmmm.... I like the idea of have the zoom and focus controlled by one person or two and the movement of the crane and camera as another person's job. I basically like whatever it becomes because right now we have nothing. :costumed-smiley-047
 
sfoster said:
I say skip all the controls and build one with a seat and a ball head so that one of us can sit on the end and control the camera.

I think it should be designed to be operated by two to three people. The movement of the crane should be one person. The focus and camera movement should be one or two people depending on the complexity. One person doing it all makes for sloppy shots.
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Thanks for your experienced viewpoint Shane. I know that you have 'been there and done that' with these things and I respect your opinion.

It would sure be easier to do that. :happy: Faster too.
 
Man, I'm sorry I looked for grabs!!! What is up with the Sumos???? Yikes!

Looks like a fun flick.

Good luck and (belated) Welcome!
 
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