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Incredible attention to detail Joshua. Love the weather system, cabling and dust extractor. It is almost a military installation. Nice work and I am sure once you have it airborne it will produce years of service. Just one thing. Make sure you can reach the AAG cloud sensor. I am on my third one in 12 years. I run my continuously which is recommended but wonder if that lessens the life of the units.
As to the seeing effects at ground as opposed to 8 meters up; whilst I have read there can be significant gains made it would depend on the size of the scope installed, what the focal length/image scale will be and the local seeing conditions. I suppose it also really depends on what you intend to do with the system in the long run. Is this going to be a research grade system, will you be trying to attract scientists to use the equipment at hire? If not I guess you have to ask yourself if it is worth the effort to elevate the rig. Can't answer that for you.
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