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Originally Posted by bojan
Interestingly, I had the counterweight (5kg) in my persona; luggage... And that was OK. Now that I am thinking about it, 5kg of steel could do a lot of damage in wrong hands...
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I never take my CW with me. It is a waste of baggage allowance. I replaced the CW bar by a lighter threaded M10 bar with an M16 adapter to screw in into the mount. On site I collect a few stones or bricks, put them in a simple disposable plastic shopping bag which I hang on the end of bar and put the scope is in balance.
The only disadvantage is that prime focus astrophotography is not possible on windy nights as the bag moves too much, but most nights are silent.
The complete extra checked baggage weight is 9kg (mount+tripod+eyepieces+AP stuff). Camera + lenses + ED110 OTA + binos are in carry-on.