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I got on the net yesterday and sent 11 emails to Antares distributors concerning the tube rotators. This morning I was inundated with replies from 8 of them. The first to reply was O'Neil's in Canada (10 minutes!), so I am currently bouncing some details to them. Apparently you have to remove the mirror cell from the back of the scope to slide them over...never done that before, but I had to do a lot of work on the scope a few months ago when it fell off the mount so this is just another step in the learning experience of astronomy.
I think they should be very popular judging from the emails I have received so far from the distributors...I expect the price may come down in the next 12 months as they get moving. At the moment, each one is assembled only when ordered, production is beginning in earnest around August. They really are "NEW".
At the moment, I would say I am 80% sure I will buy one. I have a friend and nephew who are in wheelchairs and these would make it quite easy to swing it around for them to see and then back to me. If I get a set, I will make sure I take plenty of photos as I attach them and any problems encountered plus my final judgement.
Stay tuned.
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