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Bigger Stunts, Smaller Bruises. - Lane doesn't build any
new equipment unless it will do something
that could never have been done before.
Wireless/Harnessless
Parallelogram Flying System
Ideal for greenscreens
and floating shots. For vertical or prone flying
positions.
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High Speed Motion
Control Winch/Hoist System
Fully programmable motion control winch systems suitable
for flying rigs and other associated stunt situations.
Repeatable parameters down to 1/100 of an inch. The winches
can be used for vertical or horizontal movement. Can be
controlled manually or automated. Featured on Tech TV.
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Skycycle
Skycycle articulated flight control system allows pitch
and yaw compensation and controlled rotation on a flying
rig. Can be used in-line with up and down movement, as
well as a traveler system.
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Articulated
Crash Dummies
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DOT Style "Crash
Test Dummies"
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World's Most Versatile
Airram or Airramp Systems
The difference between an airram and an airramp is
the airramp has a smooth progressive push. Lane Leavitt
in the early 1980's developed the worlds first rising
rate progressive push airramp. He changed the name
of the device from Airram to Airramp to clearly label
the improvement in smoothness and performance.
Continued research and development has
benefited the industry with both height and distance
records, the world's only vertical jump system, and
a variety of different airramp designs to give a choice
of flight paths for creativity and power delivery for
different riding styles.
Electronically,
Lane has pioneered the use of latch circuits,
time-delay special effects hookups, and the
world's first programmable firing system. Leavittation
airramps use only the finest quality aerospace
components which give maximum performance with
no takeoff delay.
Stunt people who have been trained on industrial
component systems with inherent valve delay can
now have a choice
of either no delay, or programmed delay with
our systems. Clearly this makes the Leavittation
Airramp™ the
most successful and versatile systems in the world. |
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World's
Most Advanced Ratchets
Shortly
after developing the airramp, Lane went to work
on building the world's first progressive-pull
nitrogen ratchet. That led to the very first twisting
ratchets in the mid 80's and then the first running
ratchet™ moving takeoff ratchet. Before progressive
ratchets, the stuntman had to stand very stationary
with his chin tucked to his chest to prevent injury.
Now a whole new world has opened up with the super
smooth pull ratchets and digital cable removal.
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Vertical
Ratchet from a galloping horse, the
worlds very first Bullet Time shot. |
Lane
has introduced to the industry its longest ratchet,
30 ft. long, and pioneered ratchet to deaccellerator
stunts. Together with the digital
cable removal Lane's innovations have brought a
whole new look to stuntwork. Our latest developments
include the world's only variable takeoff position
ratchet (VTOP™) and a computerized timing
system, which can be linked to computerized cameras
and is programmable down to 1/1000 of a second.
Other
innovations and breakthroughs include the world's
very first
bullet-time shot ever done and the ability to do
vertical ratchets without
bounce at the top. Together,
all of these continuing innovations make these
systems the most
versatile and high tech systems in the world. |
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Mark
IV Carram™
| The Carram was developed for a turnover on a city
bridge that made hiding a pipe ramp or the use of a
powder or air cannon impossible. This unique system
can also be used in municipalities that have outlawed
the use of high explosives or where a telephone pole
bouncing down the street can cause collateral damage.
It also opens the door to an entirely new style of
car turnovers if that's what the director or script
requires. Because the system uses an arm instead of
a pole projected from the bottom of the vehicle, traffic
or pedestrians can be added as an element around or
in near proximity to the crashing vehicle. Often a
vehicle is not seriously damaged using the carram and
can be recycled in another scene, giving the production
more crashes for its cash. |
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Mark IV Carram™ in
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High
Speed Descenders and Deaccelerators
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The difference between a descender and a deaccellerator
is simply the descender is a cable spool while the
deaccelerator is a slack line with a shock-absorbing
system in-line. A simple bungee jump in essence is
a deaccellerator. Numerous pneumatic and bungee/rope
systems work well, the key to the technology is knowing
which system to use for which stunt because each has
its inherent advantages and disadvantages.
Descenders were developed by the Germans during World
War 2 to train paratroopers. After the war, the British
started using these devices for training their troops
and their stunt industry picked up on the technology
much later. These descenders however, had very slow
fall rates and cameras had to be run at abnormal speeds
to make the falls look faster. This created comical
looking motions of the stuntmen onscreen.
In the past, freefall capability was only possible
with the deaccellerator. This was unfortunate because
deaccellerators have limited height capabilities. Other
problems included the possibility of cable entanglement
and high cable torque. With the development of the
highspeed descender the functional limitations of the
deaccellerator have been overcome. |
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In
the early 1990's, Lane developed a descender system
that
had a much faster fall speed and has become the industry-wide
standard. Lane's initial design concept was used
on the Sylvester Stalone movie Cliffhanger. Continuing
development has created a newer, unique descender
system with freefall capability and the lowest cable
torque in the industry. Also our newest design allows
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shot options because of these lowercable
torque. Lane's newest design
is the only unit available allowing freefall capability
from a cable/drum system without overriding the descender's
built in safety features or causing excessive cable
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Stunt
Package
- Airramps™ (horizontal
jumps out to 40 feet)
- Leavittator™ (vertical
jumps up to 14 feet)
- Deaccellerators
Accellerators
- Jumping
Jacks Harnesses
- Airbags
Jump Ramps
- Winches
Capstands
- Crash
Pads Trampolines/Mini-Tramps/Midi-Tramps
- Stunt
Rigging and Supplies Stunt Safety Equipment
- Mobile
Russian Swing Power Slide ™ (spin cars with
ease!)
- Fire
Safety Equipment (including the Leavittation Mini-Breathing
System with quick release) a Leavittation Innovation
that lets the stunt performer stay on air inside
a fire suit for as long as necessary to prepare
the shot!
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Facilities
- Permanent
Flying, Training, Testing, and Fight
- Rehearsal
Facilities (see video)
- Mobile
Production Office
- Action
Backup Trucks and Trailers
- 50
Foot High Fall Rehearsal Tower
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