Monk Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 (edited) Hi all. I'm wondering if anybody uses anything other than eyeballing to set rough levels while solo manual hemp flying? There are some circumstances where it's not possible to level the bar on the stage, or have a level called by another member of crew. Eyeballing it from the side is often unreliable and marking/taping the ropes isn't ideal. I was wondering whether a bullseye level on the end of the bar might be a good way if you're on your own. Any tips, tricks, gadgets that any of you know of would be greatly appreciated Edited June 24 by Monk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Grid the bar, and then pull any slack through instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 what are you trying to achieve? Getting a level from the stage for a cloth that's "IN" all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImagineerTom Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 putting the boring safety hat on here..... should you be flying items in (on any technology at all) if you haven't got someone spotting the object and the stage underneath? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dje Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 7/6/2022 at 3:56 PM, ImagineerTom said: putting the boring safety hat on here..... should you be flying items in (on any technology at all) if you haven't got someone spotting the object and the stage underneath? If you can mitigate the risks associated with these by other means, then yes, that's fine. How that is achieved and how practical that is... is up to the person doing the work of course. But in principle yes you can fly a bar in and out without a spotter providing the risks are mitigated sufficiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImagineerTom Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 I've written plenty of RA's so can conceive of ways it could in theory be done but... If you start actively modifying bars to make it easy for a single person to fly them level (such as by installing spirit levels on them) then you would have to put a whole raft of other safety process's in place to ensure that this tool that should only be used in highly niche situations doesn't quickly become the normal way bars are flown thus creating the new normal of "one person can fly in a bar" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 6/24/2022 at 11:53 AM, Monk said: I was wondering whether a bullseye level on the end of the bar might be a good way if you're on your own. Assuming there's no flex in the bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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