Axworthy Flying Ghost
The Multi Height and weight version
(the one that will stay on track)


With little to no trees in my yard but with the high desire to make a working flying ghost, that is one that did not come off every other time it went by a turn point.
 I adjusted the weight of the ghost to nearly nothing it helped but you ended up with a scarf running around the yard. :)

I came up with the project that you see below.

This project is the basic axworthy flying ghost (not shown) with the mods to the pulleys and turning points that you see below. You will need to search the net for the basic instruction for the flying ghost. It should not be to hard to find one you like just adapt the guide pulley system below and you are in business

They say a picture is worth a thousand words so...  I took a lots of each arm from different angles. hopefully that will make up for the lack of instructions. If not email me with your questions and I will do my best to answer them.


Click the photos below to enlarge to full size for better detail!

As far as parts ....

Most everything you can get a LOWES

1/4 nuts and bolts
1/4 Lock Nuts
Lots of washers
4" Garage door Pulleys (much better than bike wheels)
1 1/2" Garage door Pulleys
1" L Shaped garage door opener brace various lengths to suit your needs
1" conduit pipe if no trees are around to mount too
Black spray paint (of course)
For the line I recommend spider fishing line it is very hard to see even in the day time. But be warned if  your  line is low make sure you rope it off so no one losses a head. :)

  

 

 
Terms
High arm is the short arm that you use when your wire rides on the TOP of the pulley
Low arm is the short arm that you use when your wire rides on the BOTTOM of the pulley
   
   
   
Tension Pulley assembly
Top View of a high / low tension arm pulley
bottom view

The arms are adjustable to suit most any line placement
Side view with bottom turned up ward

From here you can see how you can tighten the fishing string by just removing the center stop bolt and adjusting the turnbuckle to the desired tension

Turnbuckle right bottom close up view of the arm
here you can see the guide so that the drop line the ghost is tied to dose not get stuck on the nut
Turnbuckle pulley
Turnbuckle left top
Turnbuckle left bottom

Double Low Pulley Arm
bottom
left bottom

it is important that you add the correct # of washers so that the turn pulley line goes in strait from the guide pulley
right bottom
High and Low Arm
45 left bottom arm
45 right bottom arm
top right  arm
left top arm
left bottom arm
full top  arm
Full bottom arm
arm 2 full top
arm 2 top left.
arm 2 top right
Drive Arm
drive arm side
Full drive arm top
Mount
Brace to pole mount.

Use a piece of PVC larger in diameter than your pole and pound it in to the ground to make a easy way to set the pole every year. just be sure no ungrounded wires are below. be sure to pound it all the way down to the ground so you will not mow it down in the summer.

   
   
   
   
   
   
 



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