Flight Cases
We use flight cases to transport equipment between different venues, and also own a production flight case which is brought out for shows or large hires.
Percy (they/she)
Percy is our production flight case, which is stored under the stairs leading up to the DC cupboard. Percy contains:
- LX tape
- Tools
- Torches and headtorches
- Batteries
- Gobos
Flo (she/her) and Gibby (he/him)
Flo and Gibby are two small flight cases which can be used to transport small amounts of equipment or cables. They aren't massive, but can help for smaller hires or for when Dave is in use.
don’t use flo or gibby to transport big heavy stuff ON TOP of them because they will tip over - Echo Vaughan, 21 July 2024
and don't ever put flo/gibby on a lead and pull them around from avon because that would be irresponsible
[redacted]- Stanley Simmons, 21 July 2024
Flo was used to transport the light that lit the footloose stage box during the repanel - Echo Vaughan, 21 July 2024
Dave [the box] (he/him)
Dave is the main flight case that we use as he is large enough to transport most of what we need but small enough to fit down the DC cupboard stairs.
In 2024, Dave was used to transport many boxes of pizza to the Introduction to Tech Crew welcome talk.
Boris (she/they)
Boris should probably be used as a cable trunk for events like WSAF (it would have been so helpful in 2024), however the primary issue is she doesn't fit down the stairs, so the only way to transport her is by forklift off the edge of the cupboard, which is not trivial to organise. As such they have remained dormant, taking up space in the cupboard but being a really convenient movable seat/workbench.
Boris is a cable trunk but has never seen active use with cables. For many years she sat dormant with old 15 and 16amp cables that were entirely unused, as well as an ominous "needs testing/fixing" cables section. In the 2023 maintenance week, it was decided that they would be more useful as a generic case for dumping random stuff in, and the dividers were removed, with the hope of moving it to the Avon cupboard and fitting a padlock to it for secure Tech Crew storage there (as there was an expectation that we would be able to use a forklift on a regular basis).
Uses for Boris:
- Putting cables in
- Putting stuff there isn't another place for in
- Dreaming about being able to use a forklift to use them
- Cutting gels on
- Sitting on
- Getting stuck in a doorway
ohh wait is boris the big rectangle one that i always put my gel cutting board on to cut gels - Dallon Costello, 21 July 2024
Steve (he/him)
Steve is our snake flight case, stored under the stairs leading up to the DC cupboard.
He contains:
- 1x 16/8 analogue snake
- 1x 8/0 analogue snake
- 2x Soca
- 2x 15A spiders
Warwick Arts Centre Flight Cases
During a show in the studio, we also have access to the following flight cases:
- Big Blue - sound cables
- Big Orange - lighting cables
- Orange Cube - more lighting cables
Generally, we use Art Centre cables (where available) when working in the WAC to avoid confusion and mixing up our own cables with theirs. The main exception to this is IECs, as these aren't stored in the WAC flight cases.