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A longer dovetail bar allows more flexibility in balancing the OTA on the mount, though there is a slight weight penalty.
Some bright spark of a mechanical engineer out there could probably calculate the optimum ring spacing given stiffness and weight distribution, but the effort mightn't be worth it.
Have a look at a few photos to see how other Newtonian OTA's have been successfully mounted - that'll give you an idea.
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