Stephen Eastwood

That will impress the clients and intimidate others from thinking they can be a steadycam operator! Yep, they keep coming those wonderful piece of enginering. But if you try to calculate how many he (they) have sold already, everytime you see them on Ebay there is always a bunch of people who have done some bids on it. Many times even above the 1000 dollars or more. So Steadydrive is maybe doing well in the meantime :o He is laughing his ass of and will buy a real 'Steadicam' in the near future. Maybe you should point them at your Sled Norbert ?? Erik

I am doing that, it works thanks for the advice, I am still just looking for a more finished and polished approach to the problem. I cannot believe I am the only one with an issue like this. Would seem logical put a slightly larger tube, and run one power one video, one firewire down it, or dual audio and forget the firewire. Stephen Eastwood http://www.StephenEastwood.com

The limiting factor is the internal diameter of the Flyer post, and it's only 11mm, so you won't get a 6pin firewire connector down there, and would probably be out of luck with even a 4pin firewire connector. Your only sensible option would be to run the thinnest firewire cable you could find without connectors, then wire third party connectors on afterwords. As I said you would have to strip out the internal connector block inside the bottom of the post where the battery power cable is split to feed the monitor and the power connector on the camera plate at the top of the post. It practically fills the bore of the Flyer post and probably wouldn't allow another cable to fit through. The top specified limit of camera kit that the Flyer can fly is 15lbs. But remember you can power the camera off the Flyer battery with the right connectors and cables, and the Flyer has it's own 7" 16x9 monitor. Disclaimer: any dismantling of the Flyer would void any warranty if new, and might well do serious expensive damage to your rig. Proceed at your own risk!! Are there audio cables running down the post? if so maybe I could put the harddrive on top and audio receivers below and run the two xlr cables up instead.

main issue is that while panning it gets tighter and pulls or jerks, I tried it tighter and that allowed far less panning before it was pulled back. Without it it is much smoother and glides nicer. A limitation I could live with, but it seems that running the wire down would eliminate it so I am trying to see if its doable. I will try it tighter as you described and see if that helps. Thanks. Stephen Eastwood http://www.StephenEastwood.com

--------------------------- Hey Steven, I'm defering to the expert Peter Abraham regarding the Flyer, But it seems like that would be the perfect rig for you to mod for the type of shooting you are doing. I haven't taken one apart but if it does come apart and accomodate your cableing needs, it will be worlds away from the one in the picture you are flying. I've had my Flyer apart (not easy!), and can tell you there is barely room in the post for the existing cables let alone another! It MAY be possible if you completely strip out the existing cable connector inside the post, and rewire using the thinnest firewire cable you can find, but then it may be harder to sell on your Flyer as it would be very non-standard. It already has a monitor, and video cable down the post, so no need for a video cable. Cheers Eric If I only ran one TV signal and one firewire down the post would it fit? and could I get it through the holes or have to make them larger? How large of a flyer would I need for say 15lbs of camera equipment (Camera, LED/Battery/firestore/8inch screen and battery) spread over top and bottom. Stephen Eastwood http://www.StephenEastwood.com

Hey Alec, you might want to ask him what his trick is. I don't remember you looking that good after shooting through all that fire on Rescue Me. Ha ha. Hey Stephen, If it turns out that modification of the sled is too difficult, would it be possible to mount the Firestore at the top and just add some counterweight at the bottom? I could mount it up top, the problem is its all weight up top, camera, LED, Battery, Firestore, wireless reciever, and now a metal housing to mount the firestore under the camera which would get very top heavy.

Hello, I am looking for a sled that will allow me to run a firewire and video cable down the post. I have an indicam dual spring arm and pilot, that I am mainly using with a XHA1 with sony LED wireless audio, Firestore DTE, and would like to add a monitor, so I am trying to find a sled that will allow me to run a firewire and video cable down the post to the bottom, its a large head to the firewire cable and I would prefer not to cut and try to solder it since its firewire. I currently have the wire running outside the post from the top to bottom and feel its not allowing me to fully balance the camera. You can see the wire in a shot of me here http://stepheneastwood.com/stuff/shotsofme...673copy%202.htm to see what I mean. Any help would be appreciated. Stephen Eastwood http://www.StephenEastwood.com