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Posted: 28th Apr 2002
Your a very lucky guy...

E-mail Bec, she is able to make just such things,and she is as sweet as candy as well... (you better cough up the money for me to be saying such things Bec!!!)... anywho...

moonfest@bigpond.com

Enjoy...

I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.

"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men

Posted: 29th Apr 2002
I made a pair of fire wings for a performer once. He wore them as he flew across a large hanger (strapped to a pulley riding on a sloping, taut wire rope that went from one corner of the hanger to the diagonally opposite corner. He had a foot control that would flap the wings.

The wings were framed of 3/16 steel rod, with 1/8 steel "feather" lines. Glass refractory rope was wired on the frame to hold the fuel. A 1x1/8 flatbar "backpack" harness held the wing hinges and was secured to him with nylon webbing with a quick release buckle.

A sheet aluminum fire wall was fitted between the wings and the back harness.

I made the wings for $150 and they lasted through the life of the show with no problems. They were easy to make, but you need welding equipment.

Posted: 29th Apr 2002
Eek. A bear!

Meh