In this shot you can see we have attached the motor to the motor mount angle portion of the platform on one side of the motor only. Don't be worried that you need to support the motor on the other side, as the angle mount is more than strong enough to keep this from flex of any kind during use. Use two 10-32 X 3/4" flat head screws that have been counter sunk on the underneath side so the heads are out of the way for the arms to fold back for storage. This will basically place the motor's shaft on center to the platform, which will give us just enough space between the end of the drive arm and rear pulley that the marionette line will be supported by. Next we need to attach the arm to the motor itself using the 1/4" wire clip or otherwise known as a U bolt as shown here. As you tighten down the nuts on this, keep the arm tilted downward as much as possible so the arm is slightly lower than parallel with the platform.

   Next we move on to the wheel that will drive the marionette. In the original plans a washer held between two nuts was used as a swiveling wheel for this drive element. However, since that can wear quickly from friction as well as squeak from the metal rubbing together, here we will be using a patio door roller with a sealed ball bearing center. Use the bolt and nut furnished with the roller to attach to the bottom end of the drive arm as shown in this photo with the nut on the bottom side. Next you will need to drill three very small (5 /64")holes in a triangle pattern on the bottom side of the roller.  Clip each of the three fishing leaders (black plastic coated steel leaders as shown here) to these holes in any order. Substitute black braided fishing leader for the steel leader if you can't find the type shown above and attach your own swivel clips to the ends (like the Eagle Claw interlock swivels #K-LSS-7). If you will be setting up your ghost outdoors, you will need to substitute a heavier black cord that cannot get caught between the pulley wheel and the pulley casing and break due to the wind whipping the lines side to side. I find that black parachute cord works ideally for this.

   Now is a good time to attach the two platform arms. Place the 1/4" bolt through the ends of both arms and then the platform, tightening down with the wing nut. At each end of the arms and at the back of the motor platform you will need to attach your S hooks. One to attach your cord to which will suspend it from the ceiling, the other to attach our pulley. Not clearly shown is the 24" length of cord being used to suspend our platform assembly 6' off the ground with a standard 8' high ceiling.  As you can see I crimped only the end of the suspending S hook that is attaching it to the arm, making this incredibly easy to set up and take down. Here is a shot of the back of the angle portion of the platform where we have one S hook hanging down to suspend the marionette's head line. Above you can see that we have another S hook in the top hole, just barely above the power cord for suspending the back portion.

    Next, chop the female end off of your power cord and crimp insulated 1/4" female terminal disconnects to each lead and plug into the two male fittings on the back of the motor. Use 2 zip ties to secure the power cord to the side of the platform as seen here.

   And there you have it. When you are finished it will look like this when it is folded out for use. Due to the construction of our platform, the arms can be moved slightly back as shown here in the photo on the right, they can be straight out to each side, or slightly forward, depending on the size of the ghost you are animating.

    And here is our Ultimate Floating Ghost platform when fully closed with the instant twist of loosening the wing nut and folding back the arms. Retighten the nut to keep it in this position for storage. Make no mistake about this construction being flimsy due to it's simplicity and light weigh! This thing is as solid as a rock! I have flown the Ultimate for hundreds of hours with no problems, even using heavy blown-plastic skeletons which this will easily carry if you are using the powerful TYPE E motor show in this how-to.

   In the next step we will address your ghost. Now is a good time to hang your Ultimate from the ceiling so you will have the puppet strings (leader) to attach the armature (skeleton) to, which will make your build much easier. Use the three eye hooks in the ceiling on a triangle that matches the UFG's three connecting points at the back of the motor mount angle and the ends of the arms. If you don't hit a wood stud in the ceiling at these locations you would do well to use a sheetrock anchor to screw the hook into. Now suspend the platform assembly using three 24" black cords. This will place your ghost at almost 6' at the highest point and just under 5' at the lowest during flight.