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Old 03-11-2012, 08:06 PM
Stardrifter_WA
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Originally Posted by PlanetMan View Post
Yep - I saw one of these in the flesh (or perhaps a better choice of words is the metal) yesterday and I must say that it looks like quite a clever design. Essentially, an EQ6 with a wedge at the bottom and a modified counter-weight bar. All things considered it doesn't appear to be all that larger than the original EQ6. The build quality also didn't look too bad at all either - pretty good in fact - however - I am still not too sure whether folks who buy a circa 8-10k AP refractor such as in the pics would be using this particular mount.
I agree, If I could afford an AP, I would be buying an AP mount as well.

I was originally interested in the LX80 for my 80mm (currently using a crappy alt-az mount), as I like the az/equatorial design but the LX80 isn't getting good reviews. It appears to have very noisy slew motors as well. The EQ6GT may be a good alternative, however, it appears it will be much more expensive than the LX80, if the UK price of 1,489 English Pounds is any guide. But it definitely looks interesting.
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