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Originally Posted by John K
The drive actually uses a friction clutch that is tightened to drive the steel roller which rives the horseshoe ring. So no belts involved in the RA drive.
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Thanks I was unsure from the pics.
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Originally Posted by John K
I actually sent the drive back to Losmandy soon after I got the scope because the crystal they had installed caused a rocking back and forth motion to the RA drive.
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Quite odd...me thinks this would be a stepper drive IC issue. Anyway.
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Originally Posted by John K
I actually now think that JMI have not been able to get the steel roller to be 100% accurate in size to allow the RA drive to operate accurately at such a high focal length.
So another solution would be to have a slightly smaller RA roller that turns the RA horseshoe ring slightly slower - BUT, that might cause it to go too slow as well.
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looks as if they have it pretty right though.
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Originally Posted by John K
Last night I did image at a different rate setting and added some weight on the East side of the scope and this has definitely made a difference and eliminated 50% of the issue. As the scope is not permanently mounted and is wheeled in and out to a pre dedicated pad, this also contributes.
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Excellent. This sounds as if your on the right track