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Originally Posted by gregbradley
It has replaced the unpopular captains wheel with a molded solid connection between the OTA and the focuser. It has a camera angle rotator.
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The captains wheel certainly does suck when it comes to imaging. If you happen to also have the finder scope attached you can't rotate the imaging train a full 360 degrees as it typically bumps into the dovetail or mount plate. Very restrictive.
Not only that, if you want to do any framing/composition remotely, rotating the capitan wheel isn't an option. So you're left with the only option of locking down the wheel and putting on a CAA with Astrodon Takometer. That effectively turns a regular FSQ106ED into and EDXII as this is what Tak now provide (as you note Greg) to address such an issue. The captain's wheel was a bad idea IMO. With the CAA, rotating the camera is a breeze, even with a payload of MMOAG, U16M/wD9 cooling and filter wheel.