+Graham Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Now that is truly a monster of a set up. Will you be bringing it to Kelling. Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Cracking job. How does the mount take the extra weight Pete? Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 5 hours ago, Graham said: Now that is truly a monster of a set up. Will you be bringing it to Kelling. The 6" frac is quite big, but it looks a bit smaller with the 3" eyepiece in it. I won't be at Kelling, but if I was going I'd want to take the 6" frac and the dob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Doc said: Cracking job. How does the mount take the extra weight Pete? The mount seems rock solid and is a pleasure to use Mick. It just needs the OTA repositioning on the dovetail when changing eyepieces from the 2.4kg 3" because my other, relatively big, eyepieces are still 1 to 1.5kg lighter. So there is a price to be paid in fiddling around with the balance position. ? I suppose I could rig up some simple counterbalance system, but that would just add another unwanted kilo or two. The AZ8 is rated for 16kg each side. I weighed the 6" frac with both the 3" diagonal and 3" eyepiece at a total of 13.3kg yesterday, so it is quite a heavy setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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