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Hi Phil
Its a long story, I ordered a 16" R about 3 months ago, Meade stopped production till Sept in favour of more marketable smaller units., so I downgraded, found a Chreiten in stock so 14" with lots of extras as opposed to 16" with none, working to a budget you see. but its a great setup, only a couple of flaws,
1 Bad Balance, heavy corrector, and no change from SC design
2 fork flexure, tested with dial indicator,
3 poor Dec Drive assembly.
all fixed, with workarounds. and mods.
Aside from that optically, its superb, and has been freighted well. I cant complain really. Being an Engineer I have no trouble with, reasonably good engineering but poor assembly, got a little more to do to adjust for my latitude 17S, before I can post pics here. and thanks for the compliment
Shawn...
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