Guest Philmarriott Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Evening all! Just wondering what peoples opinions are on mounting guide scopes. I have a Starwave ED80 and an st80 on a cg5gt. Currently they are stacked on top of each other but i prefer the look of the side by side mounting system but wondering are there and advantages or disadvantages in the side by side method. Balancing etc? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Evening all! Just wondering what peoples opinions are on mounting guide scopes. I have a Starwave ED80 and an st80 on a cg5gt. Currently they are stacked on top of each other but i prefer the look of the side by side mounting system but wondering are there and advantages or disadvantages in the side by side method. Balancing etc? Thanks Having tried both methods with different combinations of scopes I have always found that the side by side set up is better. The amount of 'flex' created by stacking one scope on top of another caused me problems. All the extra weight plus the extra distance from the 'top' scope is transferred to the mounting of the 'bottom' scope. in my humble opinion side by side is the only way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 i`ve used both methods Phil and do prefer the side by side method just the fact that you can swap scopes without splitting the guide scope down, but it can be alittle trickier to balance the scopes on the mount but once done no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Provided your mountings/sbs bars eytc are sound it makes not one jot of difference to guiding which you use. However if you are close to the weight limit on your mount then bringing the weight into the mount will help thus a side by side will help here. But as Rob says sbs needs a bit more attention paying when balncing and depending on your rig can be tricky. But once youve done it once succesfully getting balance again is simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ollypenrice Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 For me, stacked every time. I've never had any flexure problems and the disadavantage of side by side is that you will force a meridian flip sooner because the wider rig will collide with the pier or tripod earlier. If you don't mind the flip then fine. I just find it easier to go for as long as possible without it. I seem to be in a minority here! Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 For me, stacked every time. I've never had any flexure problems and the disadavantage of side by side is that you will force a meridian flip sooner because the wider rig will collide with the pier or tripod earlier. If you don't mind the flip then fine. I just find it easier to go for as long as possible without it. I seem to be in a minority here! Olly You are Olly. Mind it might be we never seem to get a long enough clear spell over here to need to go through the dreaded flip :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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