SubPen Glider

Resume bullet points:

• Designed an additional support system and carriage for the tail of the glider in Solidworks, fabricated it, and installed it on set (in progress shot to the right)

• Worked as a part of a small team to install the track, commission the endless winch system to pull the glider through water, and assisted with its operation during filming

Additional information:

• There was also a bubble rig inside the tank to disturb the water as the glider surfaced

• The moving canopy was also a practical SFX rig, but not one I worked on

• There were two setups:

-one "hollow" glider (with the green screen canopy seen below) that could be submerged and travel the length of the tank

-a second "hero" glider with fully dressed interior that would only travel the last leg on the surface which the actors could climb in and out of

SKILLS USED: Metal fabrication (cutting, grinding, turning, milling, MIG welding), SolidWorks, steel wire rope rigging, pneumatics,