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Originally Posted by Blue Skies
Thanks for that, gary. I went and watched both videos, interesting viewing. It made the counterweight system more understandable and gives a good idea of the size of it. I loved the sound effects - flies, wind and magpies. How Auatralian is that! But at one point the winds gusted up a bit and even with the shroud on it didn't blow about much, which was encouraging. It can get pretty windy at night over here in the west in summer if an easterly kicks in.
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Hi Blue Skies,
As Dave demonstrated when we were in Texas, the neat thing about the
counterweights is that they open up and you can add or remove sand or
shot to get the balance 'just right'. This is handy if you are adding or removing
something heavy like a 31mm Nagler.
The flies really were something else at Coonabarabran, but we told our
visiting American colleagues they were in honour of that great overlooked
southern constellation, Musca.
The bird calls at sunrise up this location are iconically Australian as well.
As you noted, it was quite gusty whilst filming, but the scope does not sail
around.
Best Regards
Gary Kopff
Mt. Kuring-Gai