The Story of KÀ part II, Lighting & Sound America

'Scenic Automation Control - Controlling all this scenic automation equipment was the daunting challenge taken up by Stage Technologies, which has offices in London and Las Vegas. The company’s Nomad system for KÀ controls over 40 arbor winches; 16 high-speed winches for the performers in the battle scenes, each axis with individual radio control; five lifts controlled by 26 motors; a giant bird flown over the audience, controlled via five 2,200lb winches with wings  flapped by performers; the 80 pegs in the Sand Cliff deck; three small pod lifts [called “sand traps,” according to Tomlinson]; 12 winches for the forest scene; 18 hydraulic safety net winches in the pit; and 16 actuators for the Sand Cliff deck’s edges....'

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Reprinted with permission from
Lighting&SoundAmerica April 2005,
www.lightingandsoundamerica.com
in collaboration with Stage Technologies