I have mine mounted on a truss pole, because I didn't have room for a stalk. Because it is lower down it does not affect balance.
A friend of mine has an 18 inch SDM with it on a stalk - it does not get in the road at all and works really well. Both these scopes have servocat as well so we do not use the Argo unit for guiding to a target.
I would imagine that having it near the eyepiece in such a case would be better. You just need to add it to your calculations when designing the scope, as it is a significant weight.
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