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Unbelievable!!!!!
« on: August 08, 2006, 08:33:44 AM »

Saw this over at the steadiforum posted by John. Check this out guys, scroll down and sheck out the rest of the rig:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stativ-Steadycam-Schwebestativ-Full-Rig-Tragehilfe_W0QQitemZ300014946244QQihZ020QQcategoryZ51541QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2006, 09:24:06 AM »

WOW that is unbelievable but I think JCB have all ready made that  Grin

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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2006, 10:47:13 AM »

Maybe he's compensating for something else  Wink
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« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2006, 11:25:12 AM »

Maybe he's compensating for something else  Wink

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Re: Unbelievable!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2006, 05:49:36 AM »

That's a very big arm.... too much big, imho.
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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2006, 07:59:50 AM »

Yes it’s too big and too heavy, but there is a lesson here.

The design of the bones is very interesting.  Using tubing as the stand offs would allow home stabilizer builders to create new shapes using only plate aluminum which is much easier to obtain then larger channel or tubes.
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« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2006, 03:22:44 PM »

If this contraption is suppose to handle 10kg then I'm really sorry for the person who will buy it. First of all the weight will definately get you thinking if you're going to operate that far out like what he is doing. If the rig was not meant to handle that much weight but just what he is flying then there is no need for such a big arm. The thing is way oversized which does not compensate for the vest it is attached to. The straps and metal plate will mke your body ache. No padding anywhere around the crucial points. What were they thinking of God one knows. This is not the first they have done. It seems they have been trying with all kinds of design but they are missing lots of the crucial elements to why the Steadicam was made in the first place.

Well, I will definately wish them luck but if anybody buys that stuff they will have one helluva problem.
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« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2006, 06:57:38 PM »

BWAHAHAHAA!!  Shocked Grin Grin Grin

And I thought the previous Steadydrive rig was wild?
Some of the stuff out there on e-bay...

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« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2006, 03:38:07 PM »

I think I've found my new screen-saver image!

I love the firm grasp he has on the post, but what is he grabbing with his right hand?


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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2006, 05:44:03 AM »

must love the glasses (these are rather small i think Tongue )
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2006, 04:38:29 PM »

The size of the arm makes up for it...
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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2006, 01:01:09 PM »

Wow... what a great deal! Even comes with it's own special transport vehicle...


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« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2006, 01:16:02 PM »

isn't that the biggest truck ever? Don't you need two trucks to transport that giant (I'm talking about the truck not the arm)?

I don't know but if you ask me, this is a photoshopped image, How can a so thin guy hold such an arm?, i think someone is holding him at his back

and saying he's compensating for something... This look smore like it Tongue

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« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2006, 01:35:27 PM »

Yes, his grasp on the post is hilarous. Above the gimbal, no less. I think the other hand is grabbing a handle that's attached to the top arm segment, so you can reign in the arm and prevent it from toppling you forward (clearly, he needs it).

Oh! Even more hilarious is the price! 8,900 Euros.
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« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2006, 07:50:29 PM »

Star trek glasses not includes.
I hope he is not a member of this forum. Grin Grin
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