Axworthy flying ghost 2017
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- This is my video tutorial for how to make an Axworthy Flying Ghost for Halloween. This flying Halloween prop was built using an electric motor, a variable speed controller, 2 bicycle wheels, pulleys, fishing line, plastic air tubing, steel brackets and wood. The ghost was purchased at a local Halloween decorations store. There were many test trials performed to eventually arrive at this finished product. I hope everybody enjoys my version of the Axworthy Ghost.
Why did it take almost 2 years for youtube to recommend this video! This is BEYOND Awesome! Great work.
I'm wondering the same thing
Your lucky it took me 6 years
This is hands down the best one I've ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing him!
It's wonderful - I especially like the "tensioner" pullies, pulling him almost around the corner of the window, as if he's sneaking out of sight once he goes into the barn! VERY well done!
Ya that little movement really has a tremendous effect
agree!! This is pretty sweet.
Yep, thought the same thing
I would like to see the ghost at night time as well, very cool set up! Great job!
Nice ! I've done a couple . A different tack was a BBQ spit motor .... thread the inside of the square drive , add an 8" angle bracket with a bolt 1/2 way ... add flat black , light tin or cheap PVC pipe , length to your liking to swivel DIAMETER .. add 2 ghosts (on at each end , mine were 4" Styrofoam balls , cardboard "wings" loosely wrapped in an open weave tafida(sp) .
THIS setup stood on adjustable sawhorses atop a pitched roof....a Black Light below was boxed with an open top .
EFFECT : GHOSTS WOULD APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR AS THEY ROUNDED OVER THE BLACK LIGHT . NICE EFFECT .
By the way , I retired from building/decorating last year !
THANKS FOR THE FINE VIDEO !👍🏼
You did a great job with this project.
That's the best flying ghost I've seen, and I've watched a lot of video's on these! I wish you provided more details about the motor, control switch and the setup, but thats a near perfect ghost and I'm now inspired to create my own. Halloween is coming, we must prepare!
telescoping wheel up the tree, brilliant. A triangle, or multiple point turn would be a smoother transition in direction as well as allowing multiple ghosts on the line. Weaving through trees would be creepy too, more so than simply flying overhead back and forth. I think flying to the back of the barn was a waste of string length, but flying through the window was an awesome idea. Well done sir!
Excellent job! I love how the ghost appears to make an immediate turn as he reenters the barn window; really cool!
Ashley, this is really nicely done! One of the best I've seen. Flying into the barn that way is truly inspired. You have a great venue for a party with that big yard and the barn. Would love to see some night time video, that's when mine always looked the best. Kudos for making it work so well, it is a really tough prop to get tuned so that it is reliable. My original AFG went all the way around my house, it had some elevation changes and tight spots to fly through. Wind and/or rain would usually cause it to fail. My plants and trees have grown so much since the last time I set it up, I don't think it would work now. Again, well done!
I’d like to find a heavier test line to have a flying witch at a higher speed rate if possible.
Hahahahaha I did this exact same thing about 25 or 30 years ago. I got permission from the people across the street to let me attach a small pulley to the edge of their garage. I used fabric fishing line dyed black, used a heater fan from an old car as the motivator. The motor was mounted in my attic, in fact I bet it's still there, lol. Anyway the ghost I made from a sheet and a balloon inside for the head. It was manually controlled so I had to sit in the attic and wait for people to go by below. When energized it flew out the window from the attic crossed the street and flew back into the window. It was a great effect but the downrange pulley I used made a little noise so it gave it away to anyone really paying attention. The flight speed was just about perfect though.
Im a Disney Artist and I think this video is BEYOND AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely LOVE IT!!!!
I wish I lived next door to you. No one in my neighborhood decorates for holidays except me. Your ghost kicks major butt. Nice job.
Awesome level is through the roof !!..excellent project...well done !!!!
I love it, Great job ! You gave me some ideas, thanks for sharing. 😉
After watching your flying ghost machine I built one for our Halloween Display. I just uploaded my build video to UA-cam. Special Thanks are in my video, Cheers Blair
I'll check it out! Thanks!
Wow ive never seen such a cool flying ghost creation!
Best flying ghost I have seen! Awesome the way the tension pulleys pull the ghost to one side or the other, makes the movement much more realistic. I so want to build one of these.....but I am DIY illiterate 😖
This is so neat. I wish I had been one of the people who had seen this in action at night. Thank you so much for sharing your set up.
This is awesome! Best one I’ve ever seen! Perfect atmosphere too! Thanks for sharing.
At first I was thinking, “What the hell is this idiot doing with a goddamn ghost puppet?” And then I realized that you’re a fucking genius.
I love this version! I am about to build my 1st version.
1. I have a 1/2 horse motor from the 50's. It is probably 50lbs. I've seen this made with wiper motor.
2. I'm going to use braided fish line. Way less stretch.
3. I'm going to use an offset hanger similar to a chairlift. This should allow for line guides at the wheels and in the middle of the run if necessary.
Saved this to my 'favorites'. I'm going to create something similar this Halloween, thank you for sharing, awesome job!
This is probably the best one I've seen!
I love this video. You've shared with us what the axworthy ghost looks like in the daytime, now you should let us see what it looks like when it's dark outside.
This is great!!!
Glad you were in my feed.
Thank you for sharing.
I subscribed.
Have a great day and live a safe and happy life!!!
Beautiful!! So effective and so simple! Great job!
Great work! I hope you're doing it again this year, and you get some night footage of it.
Wow, that is pretty cool
Well done! Best I've ever seen. Thank you for posting this.
*He’s very light, very bright, and shows up at night*
Excellent job and craftsmanship.
I love this.
That is awesome!!! Looks like I need to find some bike wheels and a motor.. thanks for a great idea!!!
HAHA, that was awesome! The triangle idea is good and maybe adding a second lin next time so several ghosts could criss-cross across the area too? Great job!!
Dude-that is awesome - nice job!
I saw it first time in my life Great work brother
Awesome... we need more people like this guy ... Thanks for the inspiration
Super cool idea!!😎Thanks for sharing that!
Thanks so much for this. This is my first search as I want to do this with a witch in front of my house next year.
Dang... now I have to go build a barn
Me too and plant trees!!🏚🌳
Hahaha
Awesome build!! I've been meaning to do something similar for a while, and now I have great guidance thanks to this. Very cool!
I am thoroughly impressed !!! Well done !!!
Great job on you're ghost and thanks for sharing. 👻
Love it. I want to build one now. Great job on the build
That is just badass...and looks very simple to make...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome! one of the best set ups I have seen.
This is awesome, love the barn.
Thats pretty cool..I like how you got it setup...looks great 👍🇺🇸
This is epic! What a great effect, I'm sure everyone loved it!
Awesome job done sir. Very creative
How am I just now seeing this?! Great stuff!
Very Cool ! Thanks for sharing this Ashley !!
Great job but try this next year. Extend ghost's (get some more and add those pullies!) arms out to Superman flying position, mount woods pulley on the end of a long galvanized pipe and strap it to tree to minimize ladder work, add a graveyard scene with some tombstones and fog machine with igloo chiller to hug ground. Your setup has endless possibilities! Halloween is AWESOME!!!!!
i wish i could make one of this , coolest halloween prop
I was hoping you would have shown this during dusk.
will do in 2020 I guess
Absolutely amazing idea!!! Love it!!!
That is so cool you outdid yourself great job.
Excellent! Add a couple glow sticks to make it glow green
Soul have been a great video to show before and after. At night
Wow 😲 I love it.great.wine and spirits 👻 so real . Good job 👍
I was wondering why UA-cam recommended this? Then I was like SWEET!!!!!
Would like to see this at night
Nice 🌹🌹🌹
Sooo cool!
I know its fishing string but how is it attached directly to the ghost without causing the ghost to spin freely?
A special knot or directional fastner to keep it facing forward?
Thanks!
The ghost loops around the bike wheels and has two lines connecting it to the main line so as it goes around the bike wheel it faces in the opposite direction. Going and coming it faces the direction of travel. Nice.
The bike wheels are a great idea, they allow the ghost to be directional and continuously going. Mine only went out and back controlled by a manual switch. The ghost wasn't directional like yours so it didn't really have a face. I suppose a long trailing piece of fabric would have turned it like the tail on a kite. Well it was just a thrown together one night thing.
GREAT WORK! beautiful effect!
Great idea with the tubing belt. Ive never seen that.
Just add a black ligth led with a small rechargable battery and it will glow nicely. Thank you for sharing.
You are amazing.
That´s a really awesome effect!!!
Wow. You could hook multiple ghosts and witches on brooms, to the same cable!!
Then it wont be as scary
Very nice build! I wanted to build one this year but never got all the kinks worked out. Maybe I'll have it working for next year.
That’s pretty fantastic.
I agree with Bob Rainy. A few more details would be so helpful. We've had several failed attempts with flying ghosts that we're almost ready to give up. This video keeps the hope alive but only for a short period. Definitely need more info to keep the interest and attempt to try again.
Sure ... the most critical thing is the motor ... I experimented with several different motors and finally bought one at a 1/2 HP motor at an electric motor / repair shop ... I will look for the specs on the motor tomorrow and post them for you. Other important items are the fishing line (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071129KFN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1), and the speed controller (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BLOSG7I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). The hardware for the brackets and pulleys all came from Home Depot and Lowes. The bicycle wheels came from 2 bikes that I got at Good Will. I am skipping doing this again this year as I will be out of town but next year I will make some improvements. One improvement I will make is to use a slightly larger diameter bicycle wheel for the drive assembly ... the larger wheel along with the current 1" pulley on the drive motor should enable me to slow the speed down a little more ... I did do a lot of testing ... I had a lot of failures ... but I made progress and learned something new with each test until I finally got over the hump and got that ghost to fly consistently over several hours.
@@ashleydavies2113 Thank You!
Very well done. Two "ghost thumbs" up! 😎
Fantastic!
Glad you like it!
That is so awesome, and Sooo creepy👻 at the same time! Great idea, I love Halloween🎃!!
soo cool, keep on “playing” age is just a number, please put up a video when “ghosting” in dark ! 😋
Regards from Sweden (on the way out to my barn to start planning route of my own ghost 😂)
Perfect property for this!
That's great! Must look fantastic at night.
Its like hes staring in to people when his going bye !!!! Cool idea 💡💡👍👍👍
Love your drive belt 👍😎✊
He is very white and very light which makes him show up at night. YOU MASTER POET
LoL that's cool as hell!! Good yous of bicycle rims also!!👍👍
Looks awesome! I'd love to do this next year, but my motor would have to be outdoors somewhere, guess i'd need to cover it somehow for weather.
That is soooo cool!!!!!! Great job!!!!
Only thing that would have made this better, would be to have installed a fog machine at the opening of the barn, backlight it with blue lights... That thing coming out of a lighted smoky barn loft hole, would be phenomenal... Great job!!
Awesome idea super cool !!
That's so cool.Thanks for sharing .
Great Job! on the barn and the ghost.
Thats pretty cool mr. Ashley ! Put 2 at half way point , that way you get 1 coming and 1 going . On the 2nd one , put a wicked witch of the west on a broom . If you record the sound of a witch and a ghost and blast it ? It will be awesome and don't forget the fog machine . Thanks / awesome !
You have the perfect place for it.
Well done, very creative!
Dementor from Harry Potter movie If you cover him in a black loose cloak! Love your ghost thanks for sharing 💡 idea!
Great job, really well done.
Wooh nice job and nice barn
How cool is that! Happy Halloween!
Excellant job! Wow, that's a great run for the ghost. Fishing line? I'm amazed that the thing doesn't de-rail much at all! That's cool....I could never keep mine on the bike rims.
This is cool but no video of the ghost at night? None one of the guests caught this on their cell phone camera when it was dark outside?
Great job. If you do it again, please get some video of it at night!
Nice work my friend hi from mexico