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Originally Posted by h0ughy
well that is drop dead gorgeous - and i have two of them to install. hey Doug since you have installed i how is the pointing accuracy and the SCP drift when going up and down?
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Hi David, The pier itself is very well made and quite stable accross the wide axis. The unit does suffer from quite a bit of side ways movement if knocked or bumped but I have done a little work by propping the two sides with steel tube and this stabalises it quite a bit. I have found that as long as the telescopes and mount is balanced correctly there appears to be no movement in image frames to 30 minutes.
As for SCP drift when raising or lowering, yes there is a small change but it is negligable and still allows the G11 to be very close to target in all positions.
I use this mount to allow me to lower the telescopes well below the roof of my ROR Obs and also to get above the walls. It works a treat and was the best buy I have made for my Obs.
I purchased it from Linak in Melbourne about 6 months back after finding a German site where the Piertech and this DL2 were examined and dismantled completely as a comparison. Guess what they were both the same.
Purchase price was $420 + GST. Linak had several in stock and wanted to move then so they were to be sold very cheaply.