Mate!!!!!

[MuntiNZ (Daz)]

Look at this thing will ya!
http://content.imagesocket.com/image..._Layers984.jpg



Jeez an I just decided to order the wee brother of it the DDM-85!!!
Sposed to do up to 300Kg of scopes!!!
May be if I save my bonuses up big time I could up-grade a model?!
Do ya reckon it could handle my Tak Sky-90 Ok??

[allan gould]

Are we talking about the mount or the male model?

[Blue Skies (Jacquie)]

Nice bit of kit.

[Zaps]

Originally Posted by allan gould

Are we talking about the mount or the male model?

Down boy.

MuntiNZ, did you find that picture on the CN forum? There's a similar post there about this mount.

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

If you take a look over on the ASA Yahoo forum you'll see the progenitor message, posted by Gerald Rhemann, a DDM85 owner. He took that picture while visiting the ASA workshops. He has promised to post a video soon, which I'm sure we'll all be eager to see!

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/A...a/message/2770

[MuntiNZ (Daz)]

mate I never even really noticed the bloke in that pic I was to busy lookin at the mount!!!
What ever floats your boat tho ay?

Originally Posted by allan gould

Are we talking about the mount or the male model?

[MuntiNZ (Daz)]

Nah mate it was on the ASA yahoo site that I saw it.
A vid of it would be ace to see!
One of those big mounts would rock but I cant hardly wait to get my DDM-85 now!!

[Zaps]

MuntiNZ, I envy you. Please keep us updated with your experiences with the DDM85. You may well be(come) the owner of the most advanced telescope mount in any Australian amateur's hands.

[MuntiNZ (Daz)]

Yea mate you can count on that!
But hey get a load of THIS ONE!!!
http://www.mesu-optics.nl/mount_en.html

Jeez the euros are on a roll!
Lookin at it I dont think its a direct drive coz it talks about gears and the PE is about the same as a Tak mount not a ASA but man what COOLNESS!!!!!
Imagine how awesome that thing would look in side your obsy!!!!!

[Zaps]

Hmmm. Very interesting indeed! That mount is beginning to get some attention over at CN too.

It's kind of interesting to see the way things are changing: Until a little while ago, as far as most Americans were concerned, there were American mounts and Takahashi mounts.

Then there were American mounts, Takahashi mounts, and cheap Chinese mounts.

Now it's American mounts, Takahashi mounts, cheap Chinese mounts...and all of a sudden a wave of bleeding-edge advanced technology mounts from Europe leading the charge into the future.

Nobody can say it's not a great time to be in the market for a telescope mount, that's for sure!

[MuntiNZ (Daz)]

True dat!
I got my Tak EM-11 and its a beaut but I thought that there was only Tak and Paramount and AP for mounts so it was a eye opener to find out about all the awesome mounts in europe I had never even heard of!
Theres a page with all the mounts listed on it and comparing the specs and prices etc and theres HEAPS of them!!
Most people wont even have hard of more than the APs and Paramounts etc etc.