Have been building my own illusions for a few years and am now looking fro some information on some king of suspension to build. There are numerous levitations and suspensions out there, most of which I know the workings of, however, I was after some advice from someone who may have built one themselves. Be interested in hearing from someone who has maybe built a simple suspension illusions such as the one where board on two chairs and both chairs removed. Information I would be looking for would be:-

Placement and sizes of steel.
Dimensions
Concealments at board level etc

Would also be interested in dimensions etc for the Princess Flying Carpet as this is maybe something my son could perform at his end of year show at school. He's only 10 but turning out to be a fine magician and wants to add some small illusions for his show. He did a show a year ago but all it included was the usual stuff he got in his xmas magic sets. He's now been practicing his new show for nearly a year with some props of mine and some that I have bought just for him.

Think the flying carpet would be a good opener to get the children interested. He's already developed his own closing for the show where he makes the head teacher/principle disappear using black art.

Thanks for your help.

Osborne has plans.

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The Super-X Levitation would be "super easy" to build...so would the Flying Carpet. You can make the dimensions on the carpet anything you want. Mine is about 24 inches square, and stands about 2.5-3 feet high. You could really make it uniques and make it oblong and decorated to look like a real flying carpet. You could also modify it (as I did to eliminate the swords). I made oversize magic wands out of wood dowel and use those as front supports in place of the swords. I have always had the policy of no guns, knives or swords in my family shows.