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Originally Posted by bojan
Hi Alan,
I have thicker shaft for counterweight (30mm I think), this is not the problem..
When I put the whole thing together, I simply didn't have the feeling the mount is strong&sturdy enough, there was noticeable and slow swinging of the whole thing (on tripod.. situation may be better on pier, I have yet to try that)), that made me quite uncomfortable.
Also, for EQ6 "official" useful payload capacity is 25kg (~50kg with counterweight), and I consider this as absolute, short term maximum... 18kg is too close to that limit IMO.
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Hi Bojan,
OK - I thought your actual OTA with camera weight is about 13 Kg like mine?
13 Kg is fine for imaging with an EQ6 especially with a proper counterweight shaft screwed into the holder.
Also my 10" f4 is quite short so there is less bending moment than
a longer telescope like yours.
(Just for the benefit of others.
If you have an unmodified EQ6 - take off the counterweights &
use your hand to put force side ways & back on the counter weight shaft -
you'll see that it's really wobbly.
The easy modification linked below, fixes it & makes a huge difference)
cheers
Allan