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  • interior of a Kabuki theater
    stagecraft
    / Flying systems

    …powered by electricity is a hydraulic hoist, in which an electric motor is used to run a hydraulic piston, which in turn moves the hoisting lines. The advantages of this form of machine-driven flying system are that the electric motor does not have to be physically near the fluid drive,…

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    …powered by electricity is a hydraulic hoist, in which an electric motor is used to run a hydraulic piston, which in turn moves the hoisting lines. The advantages of this form of machine-driven flying system are that the electric motor does not have to be physically near the fluid drive,…

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