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Originally Posted by Robert9
Mike, that's great with the velcro stuck to the circumference of the OTA corrector. One addition/alternative which just occurred to me is to have a resistance strip inside the velcro band so that you have effectively a dew-heater as well. Then, rather than sticking a long length of velcro to the OTA, probably 3 to 6 spots of velcro (depends I guess on diameter) would suffice to adhere the dew-heater band cum dew-shield attachment to the OTA.
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Yep, I thought of that approach and tried in in an earlier version. My problem was aligning the dots when putting the shield on (joking)
Actually it was just laziness, it was easier to put a strip on than a few dots. As you may notice from my photos, the C8 is an older, pre-loved version with many battle scars, mostly due to my various experiments, so I wasn't overly concerned with protecting the cosmetics of a multi-thousand dollar Tak, RC or such
I will probably make a less cosmetically-challenged version of the actual shield next week.
I was considering a dew heater as well, using the old-jug-element wire approach, but decided it was all too hard, as I would also have to either acquire an RS-type PWM controller or build/buy one. It turned out that the shield is quite adequate for my needs at the moment. I'll do the dew heater eventually when my inertia subsides a little or dew increases!