What do you guys think about the Le Sueur pier? It’s designed to accommodate many of the adapters for various mounts. Not sure, but I’ve seen many for sale on CN and AM Jack ~

If you bury the tube in the concrete you are locked in to the orientation and any shift over time. This can be a big issue if you have climate that is in the snow belt like me. It is far better to

If you really want a heavy duty pier get a schedule 80 pipe and have a plate welded on top and bottom. Mine is 5" nominal(5 1/2" OD) 3/8" thickness and about 21 lbs per foot for my OBS with my

Nope. It is much larger. Won’t fit the pelican 1610.

Hi Mike, I was thinking sand at first, but concrete may be a better idea. What are your thoughts on it? Don

Hi Don That sounds like a good design. Are you also planning to fill the pier with concrete or sand when you bury it in the ground ? The advantage to a plain pier is that it will allow you a little

I picked up the Pelican Case referenced in the manual for the Mach 2 but its still in the box and is on my weekend project list to get configured. Have others done this? What modifications were needed

Hi, I’m new to the group but it looks like I’m going to be getting an 1100GTO as well. I am familiar with Astro-Physics piers and I think they are extremely well made, very solid, and work

Jeff - My solution will deviate a bit from what others have suggested. It very much depends on your intended use. I originally kept my Mach 1 head in a Pelican 1610 rolling case because I needed the

Scott, The minimum is two rows of Declination arcs encompassing a target's declination, at least 6 points in each row. More points and more declination arcs near the target's declination will produce

Thanks Ray, one more question. By 'hybrid model' I take it APCC needs both a full-sky model, and the Dec Arc model for the given target Dec. In my use case I would need to build the full-sky model

I have previously used pelican cases for mounts but space in my car just was too tight (even with a Toyota Prado which is a large SUV diesel in Australia). I have the OTA with image train intact

I am using a Maxcase MAX 540H245. It is an air tight case, Pelican style. but I don't fit the saddle, you can try but it would be just enough.(it depends on your latitude) they have a bigger one

You might want to take a look at mycasebuilder.com to « virtually try » several case brands/models. They have a tool allowing you to custom design foam inserts based on your own pictures of

The implementations are independent of each other, but the concept is similar. APCC's Declination Arc Tracking is an idea I first had over 15 years ago. The feature does not use the typical model that

Oh the memories! Post a pic of the Dietzn. Don Anderson On Thursday, March 18, 2021, 12:27:51 p.m. MDT, weems@... <weems@...> wrote:

You’ve been given some good points to consider already. But don’t forget about your wall/pier heights ratio. You don’t want your pier to be to short or you’ll lose those sometimes low objects

Thx Bill. I was also considering the 1615… if anything I heard it is a good case for the AP130GT. I feel like the “9.4 inch” dimension is a bit short. But I just measured the mount with foam

Thanks for your advice.

Hi I brought my Mach1 from the US back to Brazil in a Pelican iM2720 Storm Trak Case with foam. It arrived safe and unharmed. Regards E. Oliveira Em qui., 18 de mar. de 2021 às 22:02, WMarton via