The aluminium tube came out easily due to the wax wrap between it and the fiberglass.
To carry in a car, partially disassebled, takes less than 5 minutes to get observing.
Fully diassembles takes 15 minutes to get together.
Picture shows all pices (mirror still in it's box)
To look at construction (sorry they are a bit out of sequence) visit the address below:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3825849@N04/