Wire rope is the lifeblood of the entertainment industry and we use miles and miles of it. At certain points, the wire ropes will get slight bends or severe kinks. Does it have an impact on the performance? Flyhouse tested three different scenarios to see what would happen. Click here to watch this video on YouTube
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Behind the Scenes: Shop Fabrication
There are many phases of a project before we can call it complete. Bidding, drawings, submittals, fabrication – the list continues. One of the most important aspects is what happens in the fabrication shop before the trucks get loaded to head to the installation site. Here’s a small taste of what our shop team does […]
Chicago Rigging and Outdoor Structures Workshop Day 2
Day 2 of the The Chicago Rigging and Outdoor Structures Workshop featured Jeff Reder of Clark Reder Engineering taking everyone through outdoor structure engineering principles and standards. A lot of information but each item necessary for the safety of your structure.
Chicago Rigging and Outdoor Structures Workshop Day 1
The Chicago Rigging and Outdoor Structures Workshop kicked off this morning with veteran Truss expert Elmer Veith explaining the interesting, yet complicated history of the truss industry. Thanks to the University of Illinois at Chicago Theatre and Music School for being our host.
Performer Flying
Performer flying is one of our favorite parts of the job. It’s especially our favorite when actors can perform amazing feats like this. Taking you back to spring of 2017 with The House Theatre of Chicago.
[Q + A] Flyhouse Internship
The typical internship involves a lot of busy work of filing paper, making copies, running errands, and essentially taking on mindless tasks. Flyhouse has never subscribed to the typical model of anything and internships are no different. Katherine came to us from the University at Buffalo on the recommendation of one of our Associate Trainers and from […]
