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Originally Posted by Omaroo
Sorry to hear about it Barry.
One thing that has always struck me, is the relative difference in quality between the Celestron and Meade SCT's I've had. Whereas the Meades use a very good quality metal corrector plate flange that distributes the tension of these bolts out along the flange very evenly over the corrector plate itself, the Celestrons use a flimsy crappy plastic flange - well, in the C8 anyhow. The tension under the bolt heads is very localised as the plasticdoesn't have the shear strength to distribute the load. What's the C11's made of? Looks like plastic to me? Maybe there's an aftermarket need for a better system?
Fuuny, huh. I've always thought of my Celestron's better optics (marginal, but nontheless true) but Meade's better tube quality.
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Originally Posted by Garyh
That`s terrible Baz,
have you checked to see if it still performs ok even with the crack?
Maybe you could get it repaired like a crack in a windscreen if the crack hasn`t distorted the corrector too much?
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Its a metal flange, but yes, it could be more solid to distribute the tension more evenly.
I havent looked through it yet, but the primary use of this scope is imaging. I have done extensive mods to this baby to squeeze as much as I can out of it. This cracked corrector is one giant optical leap backwards. Better to get a new one.
