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Originally Posted by Startrek
Ryan
I noticed you mentioned about removing a counterweight to lessen the overall weight. As far as I’m aware Sky-Watcher mount payload ratings do not include the counterweights.Also reading a lot of threads on CN, having your counterweights closer to the mount is better for tracking due to moment of inertia and improving the centre of mass when balancing, pushing them down the end of a long extension bar and removing one is not recommended unless your payload is maxed out
Only reading lots of posts about it
Thanks All !!
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I understand what you’re saying and for the most part I agree with both Nathan and yourself. Both arguments I would have thought deal just with rotational balance and inertia. My argument would then be that at the fulcrum there is gravity acting as a downward force the bearing surfaces. This causes friction. Surely the least overall mass you can apply is this direction the better ? I could be talking a load of tripe but that’s just how I thought about it and I’m happy to be corrected.