<div dir="auto">Chain driven? I assumed manual. I know too little about the room to understand why not on ceiling, but I'm sure there are reasons. And a 30' span is easy, and only slightly beefier than an 18' span with 6' cantilevers. The tracks could also be hung from overhead adjacent to walls, and not bear on walls.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 28, 2017 1:06 AM, "Bill Nelson via Stagecraft" <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> Why the need for beams spaced out from the walls?<br>
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> Old fashioned simple beam design. IIRC a cantilever of 1/3 the span is<br>
> best use of material. So 1/3 cantilever either end theoretically - by<br>
> simple structure design - require least depth truss. If supported at ends,<br>
> it would have higher bending moments.<br>
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That would require putting the tracks over the audience seating. That is not<br>
going to happen. If we go the chain driven catwalk route, the catwalk will<br>
have to be supported only at the ends.<br>
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Bill<br>
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