STUNTS & MECHANICAL EFFECTS

Stunt Engineering

 

We offer a comprehensive stunt engineering service covering a broad spectrum of stunt requirements, including vehicle stunts, mechanical effects and specialist builds.

With any stunt sequence we offer full on-set stunt support facilities. We can also rely on our past experience to design, plan and execute specialist bespoke stunt requirements, from the initial enquiry, planning, design, fabrication, testing and finally support and control on the shoot itself.

 

Stunt Equipment

 

Through our 40 years of service to the Film and TV Industry we have built an extensive range of specialist stunt equipment. 

We are able to offer services of stunt driven car/coach/HGV truck nitrogen cannons, stunt driven vehicle pipe ramps, nitrogen push and pull cannons, high speed car crash winching, suspending of vehicles, positioning of vehicles, and quick release of vehicles and objects and much more!

 

Stunt Preparation

 

With any stunt sequence we offer full services of stunt preparation from the design and build to the final shoot, for example including full stunt vehicle preparation, comprising of full six-point roll-cage, safety fuel cell, motorsport dry-cell battery system, motorsport seat with five-point harness, polycarbonate glass reinforcement, in car motorsport fire suppression systems.

 

Mechanical Effects

 

We offer a wide range of specialist mechanical effects equipment and services, i.e. Hydraulic, Pneumatic and Cable-Rigs these include; Car/Vehicle/Set rotation rig, Hydraulic Turntables, Multi-axis hydraulic gimble, vehicle and or stunt performer jerk ram systems, Stunt performer flip-up systems. Bespoke rigs or equipment can be designed and made to order.

 

Bespoke Builds / Specialist Engineering

 

Bickers Action provide services from the initial design phase all the way through to the final build of any specialist projects. Recently we were involved in the Land Rover Defender Commercial for the Rugby World Cup where we designed and built the off-road statue trailer as well as the lifting platforms.