[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Just as a note bud, I ran an eq6 with an 11" SCT and a 4" Williams Optics Apo for guiding. Handled it fine. Your 5" and 3" Apo setup won't even come close to the limits.

That's good to hear, thanks Alex :-) I figured with ~10kg for the Esprit, ~4kg for the GT-81, ~2kg for the imaging train I'd probably be getting to the point of it being too much, but if yours managed with an 11" SCT and a 4" WO APO, I don't think I need to lose any sleep over it lol.

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

Hi Lee,

Congrats on the purchase, they look like awesome refractors, looking forward to a review. As for a flattener how about:

http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/...efractors.html

hang on if you got the SW one you should be ok
http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/...cts_id=6743#cs

this says it doesn't change the FL

Russ

Thanks Russ! That's a relief. I was pretty sure it wouldn't as that seems a big thing to omit from documentation, but you never know.