A Fly-Pak is a television control room in a box. Or, more appropriately, several boxes, or road cases. In years past, most remote video production was done in specially constructed vehicles, usually a tractor-trailer rig, or sometimes a beefed-up motorhome or box van . Thanks to the ever shrinking nature of electronics, it has been possible, for a number of years, to put most of what we need into several specially designed road cases and ship them to the destination - often by air - hence the term Fly-Pak. I have worked with, as well as designed and built a number of different styles. They are as varied as anyone wants to make them. A distinct advantage of a Flky-Pack over a small or even large sized video truck is that it can be physically configured many different ways. It is quite simple to add more equipment, tables, etc., whereas a truch has severly limited space and cabling. The client can easily step backstage to view tapes or perform other duties and does not need to trek outside the building in the rain, snow and mud. An example of part of a typical Fly-Pak. (This photo shows two equipment racks which contain most of the system's video signal distribution and routing electronics. These racks are about five feet tall (without the stuff piled on top of them) and are fitted with heavy-duty caster wheels to make transportation easier.)