What scope do you want to put on it Darren? Its not quite big enough to take the 6" unfortunately. The dimensions are such that max ota diameter is limited to 150mm and be able to reach zenith
Anyhoo....
I took the R130 to my fave dark sky spot tonight and gave the new mods a try.
Panning the milky way with the 31mm nagler was awesome, giving 21x mag and 3.9 degrees fov
I saw the dark lanes and features of our own galaxy as I never had before.
Who needs binoculars
Getting good focus with the original plastic focuser was a tricky task with the focuser tube shifting sideways and its body flexing. The crayford works like a charm, and now that the collimation is right, images are nice and crisp
The downside, (there always seems to be one) is that the crayford weighs a lot and the ota balance point is now more than half way up the tube. What this means is that what was a good standing eyepiece height with the tripod fully extended, is now a bit less comfortable and the tripod a bit more shaky.
Overall I'm happy with the mod and this scope makes a nice RFT, while also quite capable of planetary viewing
Can you tell I like this scope