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Originally Posted by glend
According to the website the AP 305mm is shipped on a pallet, which normally you would expect to be handled by a forklift, not thrown into cargo holds. And the pallet and shipping is on top of the $22k USD price. It's way over the Orion price point.
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Yes, Yes. and Yes. Shipping 5 years ago was $AUD 1400
So the AP is indeed now about twice the price...but it simply works and is a little more complex to make than a Newtonian with a Wynne Corrector.
But I would expect for..best guess.. $AUD 17k...should I'd be getting the bee's knees in corrected Newts that I did not have to "rebuild" to make functional.
Secondary spacing should be absolutely nailed at the factory and is not something that would made amiss by shipping from A to B.
As I said..a gutsy effort from Paul.
But to quote one R. Benaud on Orion Optics: pi$$ poor effort that!