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Old 08-01-2010, 10:15 AM
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Doomsayer Rebuilt VC200L

I have just picked up my rebuilt Vixen VC200L built by Guy (doomsayer). It is a carbon fibre truss with machined anodised aluminium. The amount of work in the machined aluminium is extraordinary. The secondary spider has also been machined down to stop the square stars the some vc's are renowned for, and the new thinner vanes produce a nice diffraction pattern.

Guy has machined out out as much of the aluminium as possible to keep the weight down but is still massively strong. Also becuase of the inert nature of carbon the scope retains focus over large temperature shifts.

I have been using guys prototype vc over the last couple of months and have had some promising results.

Just as an experiment I sewed up a shroud to see if it helps with contrast, though it seems a waste to cover guys amazing machining!

So a BIG thank you to Guy for a job well done.

Brett
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