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I think he is going with the DA-1 and relying on Auto guiding.
As far as the mount weight handling goes Sky watcher states 25kg but Orion quote 18kgs for the Atlas a re-badged EQ6.
You find that for visual the 25kgs is right but for CCd work you want to keep it under that with a reasonable margin.
When i temporarily had my 16Kg 12.5"
f6 Newtonian on the EQ6 the mount and motors handled the weight but the tube length was to much for the mount.
Not a problem with a SCT.
But in saying that his mount is going to be on a pier and have the stronger motors of the Astromeccanica kit fitted.
So he will have plenty in reserve .
You see to many commercial scopes with marginal mounts , done obviously for price.
The Meade 10"SN lxd55 & 75 and the Celestron11"SCT advance cg-5 mount plus others .
A quick search will find lots to be said about these mounts combos but mainly there fine for visual but aren't up to imaging or at least long exposure imaging.
I think Tony has done his home work and covered himself with plenty in reserve as far as mount handling capacity.
The EQ6 is not the best quality mount out there but a little work makes them pretty dam good .
Mark
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