Sheila Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Had the chance to have a play on Tuesday night with this small bit of kit. Quite impressed really. This small little mount can carry the tak 85 and all imaging kit easily. Has lightweight tripod and a small counterweight bar if the scope is heavier than 13.5 kgs. Will carry up to 18 kgs then which is enough for a tak 106 too. set up and pa took about 15 mins. Guiding with both phd and maxim with very few problems. Errors on the guiding on maxim ranged from 0.01 to about 0.3 which was very impressive. The graph was almost flatline. couple of images with a 1 shot colour proved also to be good. Star roundness error less than 0.1. the mount head you can hold in one hand but the kit is quite pricey. Fits in a small handbag sized carrier and the tripod also folds into a small bag. Whole set up could be carried in hand luggage on an aircraft. apparently backdrive can be a problem with Harmonic Drives and larger scopes but I saw none when the power was cut. Only comment is I would want to weigh the tripod down if it was windy as the whole lot can be picked up and carried easily as with small scopes no counterweight is needed. The PE on the mount did not prove any issue as it guided so well. Could not find much fault with the little imp at all. 😊 Makes the whole set up and running a breeze and no swearing. Bet it would play up at Kelling though as all kit seems to do ! +RonC, +Ibbo and +Bino-viewer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 When does yours arrive ? 🤡🤡🤡 Sheila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 It certainly has a hefty price tag but I suppose you get what you pay for. Sheila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Ibbo said: When does yours arrive ? 🤡🤡🤡 Probably in a couple of weeks 🤣 Edited August 20, 2020 by Sheila tuckstar and +Ibbo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Sad times, no more Sheila swear word bingo for me then at Kelling 😞 BAZ, Sheila and +Ibbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Daz Type-R said: Sad times, no more Sheila swear word bingo for me then at Kelling 😞 i am sure i will find something to swear about +Ibbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, Sheila said: i am sure i will find something to swear about I am sure you will Sheila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Flo or Astrograph Sheila ?? Out of interest. Sheila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 Flo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I've looked at both and noticed the FLO version looks slightly different. Its also £400 more. It seems to be an evolving design, and i wonder if FLO has a newer version ? I spoke to Rupert (Astrograph) quite a bit about these mounts last year. He is certainly impressed with them, and tells me the Koreans know where they are going with this. He tried to sell me one, but my finances were not up to it. The build quality is supposed to be excellent ; it looks really well made. Good luck with it, and keep us posted on how you get along with it 🙂 Sheila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 There was an earlier version which I stayed away from cos it was so new. The current iteration has upgraded bolts and a few other things. That’s all I know tbh. Would not have considered it at the moment had it not been for the fact luckily I got to try one someone else had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Not surprised on the accuracy, the machine tools I work on use harmonic drives and the positional accuracy is to 4 decimal places of a degree. Most use a special grease, have 2.5kg of the stuff, expensive at £500 a drum if you ever need any 👍 Sheila 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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