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Originally Posted by mental4astro
The AZ3 mount... 
Seems like a good idea, but oh my goodness, what a horrible bit of gear when you actually start using it 
Puts the scope in a very precarious unbalanced position when pointing towards zenith, at terrible risk of toppling back on itself! Happened to me one time and thankfully was able to catch the scope, with my face!! Can't reach zenith anyways! Can overcome most of the unbalanced issue with a bit of DIY and still can't reach zenith, and for the DIY effort involved best to chuck the AZ3 and buy a better az mount.
Alex. |
I was given one of these, I agree it is terrible, you have to manually set the gears 1/2 way, point the scope and then you can track.............. for a while you then have to rewind the gears manually point the scope again then track again and keep repeating this.