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Not quite the disaster I was meaning, the brake should prevent the mount from running away and smashing the payload into the pier/tripod in case of a power failure, I was wondering about the amount of force the mount could apply in an equipment crash around the zenith. For instance, the mount has tracked through the zenith and the camera has hit the pier/tripod. In that case without a counterweight it would be whatever force the mount is applying, plus some amount for the payload itself as it is past the vertical (And not counterbalanced)
I routinely run both of my mounts 15 to 20 minutes west of the meridian before flipping, to avoid losing imaging time in what should be the best part of the sky.
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