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ok all you halloween pros, i need help. i am doing a haunted carnival this year and one of my props i want is a clown on a tricycle. so i have the tricycle and the clown, my question is i would like to have it to where it rolls forward and back . How can i get the prop to roll forwards about 5 foot and then back and do it all over again? any help would be greatly appreciated!

p.s. i thought about a reindeer motor but i dont think it will be strong enough to move the prop.

p.s.s no i dont want to use pneumatics, i dont know anything about them and the thought of them scare me lol

Check out this website:
http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/mechanisms/index.html
I have used it to create motion for most of my props. It has all sorts of different ways to create motion using motors. Hope this helps.

Old garage door opener.

You didn't mention if you had a budget limit.

I made a flying ghost last year that operated on a similar principle to what you want to do. I used a wiper motor controlled by a prop-1 to drop/lift the ghost after triggering. This set up modified for horizontal operation would work the same way with your forward/reverse clown. Doing your project this way would require some $ investment in a couple of controller parts and willingness to work with motors and controllers, but you get what you pay for, right?

I don't have a tut for this but I could provide detailed info if you're interested. Good luck with your prop.

Skullboy has the best idea for that lenght of travel, you could put limit switches at each end of the track and that would reverse the motor.

I would use this to move it........not the 5 feet you want but maybe 3 feet

https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.a...-1750&catname=

do you own a motorized winch?

in your scare room behind the wall connect a black pipe to the seat. fix the front wheel so it cant go to either side and just have someone push it out and back. 4 feet of pvc is about 3 or 4 bucks and spray it black with paint. simple and effective i do it foe our wheel chair. being run by a someone the timing is gonna be right and you can stop it and do different patterns than just forward the back.