Our machinists would quit if I made them machine titanium. No, really they are doing fine, they are all home enjoying their "vacation" thanks to a tiny creature smaller by 1000 than a spec of

I know someone that had an 1100 crash into a step ladder during a slew. Motors are fine, step ladder is fine as well.

Yes. Rolando

In that case the motor probably stalled and the controller would then cut power. Rolando

I would agree with your comments above, maybe with an additional option that I took. And this is to donate it a scope to your local library for checking out. Now it all depends on the size and

I have read a lot of posts where corrosion in the various cabling connections has been mentioned. Given the possibility of heavy moisture accumulation on the equipment from dew, what is the

Hi Michael, Yes, I’m Canadian. Although long- retired, I never was a scout, but for the past 17 years, I did help a senior, who volunteered as Editor, in the Polish Scouts organization. It

Yeah until Elon Musk ruins it with Starlink! Don Anderson Brilliant minds think alike! By the way, a scope and mount could launch another amateur astronomer, a hobby that is

I did the same thing! TASCO 60mm refractor on a wood tripod in 1965. Still have it Don Anderson

Your machinists would not thank you ifyou started making your mounts out of titanium. VERY tough to machine,and your cutting tool budget would probably triple. How are your machinists doing duringthe

Good Points Joe. Are you Canadian ? I ask because youmentioned Scouting International. Anyway, the Boy Scouts of America offersan Astronomy merit badge that the scouts usually take at the summer

That's probably just unwinding the cables. I think you could take a series of pictures of polaris for several days at the North Pole.

Won't the motor trip a fault and stop if it hits with the clutch tight? I think I remember that happening to me once when my meridian flip time was off a little bit. Thanks, Charles Sent from

I couldn't help replying to the moans of mobile setup. I hear ya! I have a 1200. Its kinda heavy to setup, but works so very well, so solid... wind is not a problem at all. It is a pleasure to use.

Good to hear. But my clutches are snug tight with a key. I am getting in tonight to see what the fall out is if any. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

it is interesting, I had the issue that leaving theSky software sometimes get's the mount to start tracking again, which recently cause the mount to go for a few days... no damages, but resyncing

If the first requirement is capacity, you really want a bigger mount. A 400 would have maybe 1/2 the capacity of the Mach2, my guess. Rolando

Probably not. Especially if your clutches were not super tight. I left my Mach2 running all night last night, forgot to turn off power. This morning the scope was up against the pier. Nothing damaged

Hi All, It happened while I was sleeping and it was tracking on its target. I think it crashed maybe 5-10 min before I intervened. Did I do any damage? It scope is at a remote observatory 2100 miles

Why not just reissue the Mach 1? No development needed, just manufacturing capacity. All of the tooling is there. It's a much lower price point than the M2. If the manufacturing capacity is not