Thread: looking for some help...

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I am trying to build somthing a little different but am having some problem's....
I am trying to create the feeling that u are rolling along say in a sitting or lying position but without having somthing physically moving forward or back. I kind of want u to be able to feel like your going down an old dirt path with moving, but do want moving parts to work this... I know this is wired but if someone has any ides would be great...

This is going to be a 2nd attraction to are haunt this 2009 year and is somthing that I have had on my mind for a real long time also going to be a huge prop when finished...

Are you talking about a simulator? Kind of like the star wars ride at Disney World?

Kind of!!!!! also similer to the LAST RIDE simulator but with ten times the "twist and turns" lol hahaha....

Well if you had things on the wall swinging towards them and turning towards them then that might have that effect when walking through. Thats all i can think of.

I am more looking for the feeling of say a horse and buggy going down a old dirt path...so a rolling bumping motion not sure.....There will be several movements to this prop but this is the basic idea...

ok how about those conveyor (sp) belt rollers under neath plywood with cams so the roller would bump and roll run by a motor. Then cover boards with dirt.

I was thinking a long those lines but wasn't sure if u would feel the rolling motion I even have an old treadmill to play with for parts.. so it's more of would u feel it say if you were riding in a old buggy inside a coffin on the way to the cemetery about to buried alive.

The only thing that comes to mind is a (hard to explain) Sheets that move in the opposite direction that you are traveling. Have scenes painted on the scrim/sheets. To achieve the effect you would need to make a tunnel of this material, and it would need to loop around to start over. Thinking about in the movies when you see the dry cleaners with the clothes that turn around on the rack, maybe use a driving mechanism such as this.

So only the coffin would get the shake rattle and roll? If so how much does it weigh?

if you do use the conveyor you could add springs under it so when the cam on roller hit pop coffin up a bit then it would hit the springs then bounce a little bit.