re shooting plane scene

Today me and Michael decided to reshoot the scene were the camera tracks from a plane to a picture on the wall. we reshot this because steady cam didn't work it was too shaky. To solve this we decided it would be smoother if the camera was running along a solid sturdy surface. we got a plan of wood and rested it at an angle then placed a book which the camera sat on top of and we pushed the book up the plank of wood. This created a smooth scene and we was really happy with the shot.