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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Monte" data-source="post: 2304" data-attributes="member: 285">Hello:In light of the recent stage collapses in Indiana and Belguim one common factor that I have noticed is that both stages had &quot;flown line arrays&quot;.Flying Line Arrays seem to be the rage these days (because they sound great) BUT hanging thousands of pounds of speakers on stage trussdoes raise the structure&#039;s &quot;center of gravity&quot; to unsafe levels in my book.Could the stage collapse(s) been avoided if the sound rig(s) used consisted of &quot;ground-stacked&quot; speakers??I think so....Properly secured or not, I&#039;d rather take my chances in a potential high-wind situation with a &quot;properly secured&quot; ground stack rig than a flown rig...Has the practice of &quot;flying rigs&quot; increased the incidence of stage failure?Food for thought.Mike Monte</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mike Monte, post: 2304, member: 285"] Hello: In light of the recent stage collapses in Indiana and Belguim one common factor that I have noticed is that both stages had "flown line arrays". Flying Line Arrays seem to be the rage these days (because they sound great) BUT hanging thousands of pounds of speakers on stage truss does raise the structure's "center of gravity" to unsafe levels in my book. Could the stage collapse(s) been avoided if the sound rig(s) used consisted of "ground-stacked" speakers?? I think so.... Properly secured or not, I'd rather take my chances in a potential high-wind situation with a "properly secured" ground stack rig than a flown rig... Has the practice of "flying rigs" increased the incidence of stage failure? Food for thought. Mike Monte [/QUOTE]

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