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Old 11-07-2011, 09:28 PM
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Hi Mark,

I was looking at the AP website yesterday - no notification list for the Mach1 at present.

I'm carrying under 10kg at present. I could count on one hand the subs I have thrown away because of poor tracking/guiding. I had it out in the wind recently - yes the guiding graph did move a bit more, but that will happen with any mount - nonetheless, the stars on the subs were still round. My hunch is that a 10inch RC will be my practical limit on this mount - nice to dream!

From all reports, it will carry 20kg as an imaging load. I have no reason to doubt that. It's considerably bigger than a G11.

I have the wooden tripod - very happy. The Eagle looked like a lot of dollars to me... I heard a good report about the Rob Miller Tripods from someone at the AAIC - it had been purchased for a PMX.

Happy to talk by PM if you wish.

Regards
DT
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