FLYHIGHDUBAI
LOCATION:DUBAI
COMPANY:MILOS
Milos trussing was at the heart of the rigging system designed and “The whole event was a great success, and the rigging crew were
utilised by Almoe AV Productions’ Dubai office for the official very pleased with the performance and strength of the Milos truss
launch event of the new UAE-based budget airline, flydubai. system,” says Michael F udge, technical direc tor of Almoe.
The venue for the high-profile VIP event was the former Royal
Hangar at the Expo site at Dubai International Airport, and Almoe
were contracted direct by flydubai LLC as the technical services
provider. In addition t o rigging, this included sound, lighting and AV.
The big technical and creative challenge for the Almoe team was
to transform the barn like structure of the hangar into a theatri-
cal space for the event. The launch culminated in the reveal of a
new Boeing 737-800 airliner, which necessitated flying trussing the
length of the hangar, and bringing the new aircraft in underneath
screens that were suspended from it. With the plane valued at
$75 million, the rig above had to be super-safe!
Chief rigger Shane Manning rigged a system comprising 4 x 40
metre spans (the same length as the plane) of Milos M400 and
M250 trussing, all suspended by CM Lodestar motors - to facilitate
hanging of all the required production equipment. The show rig
was designed by Steve Shipman of Cleanedge Design Dubai.
One run of M400 was used to rig back-lighting for the far end
of the plane. Two M250 runs were braced together and used to
fly all the PA, main performance lighting and screen motors plus
kabuki hardware for the reveal. This produced a total loading of
approximately 3.5 tonnes on the centre of the roof, with a 7 tonne
distributed load suspended in total.
Manning worked closely on the weight loadings with engineers
from the Airport.
The evening before the show, the plane arrived direct from
Boeing’s assembly plant near Seattle, USA, and was reversed into
the hangar. A nail-biting moment for all involved in the event build
saw its tail clear the lower edges of the screen by 60cm - exactly
as calculated.
On show day - staged at lunch time - the audience entered via a
tunnel to a refreshment area, where they glimpsed the silhouetted
aircraft hidden by fabric sails and two 9 metre projection screens.
When the reveal sequence started, the sails dropped and the
screens flew out over the plane. Photo opportunities followed
before the hangar doors were opened and the plane was towed
outside to prepare for takeoff.
Back inside, the hangar doors closed and the screens were reset,
along with a second kabuki drop which came down to define the
stage area. Guests were then treated to a live broadcast of the
new plane taking off, relayed via remote camera positions on the
runway.
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