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Old 02-11-2017, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Wavytone View Post
Well, I don't see why not, as long as its balanced it's only a matter of inertia when slewing.

When tracking the periodic errors are a function of the accuracy of the gear train, not the load on it. Might even track better heavily loaded as the rotational inertia would dampen any high-frequencies introduced by the corrections in the drive.
Yes, they were my thoughts exactly but hey, theory is one thing, it was still worrying until proven that's a hell of a load

Mike
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