Well, you are right:
http://www.astronomics.com/main/prod...oduct_id/AT8RC
I *know* that they were
originally selling with featherlight focusers originally though. I could find several past ads indicating this. Looks like they silently swapped it back out to a GSO/stock focuser.
As I said in a past post, a well known Telescope retailer in Australia tested these units and was (when reading through the lines of his EMail to me when I queried these products) unhappy with both the focuser and collimation. He would not sell them until these problems were resolved. He provided feedback to GSO, but I doubt that it has been taken. When I got this EMail from him, I suddenly became very wary of this product. At nearly 3 grand for the 8" unit, it is *not* cheap. Sure, it's cheap when compared to alternatives, which are all heavily over priced imho anyways, but 3 grand is not cheap. Anyone who thinks so is quite welcome to donate that money to me ;-)
I'm waiting to see Trevor investigate and sort out these issues and see what can ultimately be achieved with this unit. I do honestly think that a Meade 10" LX200 ACF unit will offer almost as good optical quality to be honest, if not better.
Dave