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Originally Posted by gaseous
Might have to sacrifice 2" of aperture (and quite a bit of style) and settle for the 16" standard flextube for half the price. Cheers to all.
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Hi Patrick Have you studied the figures ?
The 16" flex tube mount is 55kg and the tube is 38kg and you wouldn't normally try and remove the tube from the mount on these things . The base is also 850mm diameter. If you can't manage those sizes and weights on your own in and out of a vehicle then the scope may never see much dark sky ?
The 14" is still damned heavy and wont go through a standard doorway. In my experience only the 12" becomes one man portable
