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I could be mistaken - but I would be very surprised. I ran my hand over the finish - it was beautiful! But putting my thumb on the box behind the RA gear I sensed a slight give so I pushed it slightly - mount of course wouldn't move even a fraction - but it certainly felt like the panel casing over all the electronics flexed slightly. I didn't want to push it harder, it looks too nice even to unintentionally smudge; but I definitely left susprised that the paneling felt - well to be kind far less solid that I expected. I just wondered if the panel casing itself is kept really thin to kep weight down - after all the sides aren't weight bearing at all and don't add to the rigidity of the interal frame at all I guessed. Maybe the panel simply wasn't screwed in all the way and that was what I had felt - don't know?
Put it down as a mystery - I expected it to be rock solid, it felt like a 5 kg weight would definitely bend it in and I didn't want to even minimally risk going there on their brand new, gorgeous looking mount!
I believe Bintel said it was the 12" newt; with the lids on - its just a big white tube - totally dwarfed by the mount itself. I must admit I was more interested in the mount than the OTA. If I had a spare $17K - love to get one!
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