The McCreary Mount - Platform.

[netwolf]

Saw this over at Cloudynights and thought i would post it here for you guys to see. Its a very neat idea on using gravity for tracking. Based on the principles of Poncet table/equatorial platform.

Discussion on Cloudynights.
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea.../o/all/fpart/1

The project website.
http://subarcsec.com/index.html

What i really like is the use of natural forces to avoid the use of battery power.

Regards
Netwolf.

[Roger Davis]

One guy used an inner tube once and called it the "Hiss" drive.

[Wombat_In_Space (Darren)]

Well I have just had an update on the mount from the designer and he now has a working prototype of the unit, you can read more about it and see it in action here
http://subarcsec.com/blog.html .

[Lester]

I like the Jug drive. Fill it with the liquid of your taste. Seriously its got great potential.