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Fly 吊桿／拉 fly
To move scenery, lighting bars or people vertically on a suspension system, and by extension the bar itself. Flying happens over people's heads, so the word carries a standing instruction with it: call it, clear underneath, and watch the load all the way to its dead.
中文
用懸吊系統把佈景、燈桿或人上下移動，也用來指吊桿本身。吊桿在人頭上作業，所以講到 fly 就一定要先喊、先清底下的人、再看著它走到定位。
Regional usage
| Where | Term | Note |
|---|---|---|
| HK | 吊杆 | 康文署官方中文技術資料寫「吊杆」。 |
| TW | 吊桿 | 臺中國家歌劇院技術資料寫「吊桿」。 |
| TW | 拉 Fly | 臺灣現場口語，指操作吊桿升降。 |
Easy to get wrong
香港官方中文寫「吊杆」，臺灣寫「吊桿」，是同一件設備的不同寫法，不是兩種東西。
In audio "fly it" can mean rig a line array, and on tour "fly" can mean air freight. In a venue with a grid, assume a bar is about to move.
Flying a performer is a different trade from flying scenery, with its own standard and its own competence requirements. Do not merge the two calls.
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Dead定位高度（dead）The fixed height a flown bar is set to and marked at. A piece has an in dead and an out dead. "Take it to its…Spike定位記號（貼 mark）A tape mark on the deck showing exactly where a piece of scenery, a furniture leg or a performer belongs. Spi…
Sources
- Fly system — Wikipedia primary
- 香港大會堂劇院詳細技術設施資料（中文） — 康樂及文化事務署
- 臺中國家歌劇院 技術資料 — 臺中國家歌劇院
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