We will consider it. I am exploring some things that might work for our present mount. It would remove about 12.5 lb part from the mount head which would then be brought back together in the field

Very well said, Chris, I never thought of it, but you are right-on. Besides, an excellent scope and mount, like those from AP, will eventually pass from hand to hand – as teachers retire, or

I would love it if you made another smaller mount. Hopefully one as accurate as the Mach1. I picked up a small iOptron CEM40 as a little grab and go mount that complements my 1100. Its so light and

In that regard – AP mount’s weight ... I always wondered how much more it might cost for a Titanium , or similar lighter metal mount. QUESTAR for example put out a special “limited

YES! I would LOVE a lightweight Half-Mach to perfectly-match my Stowaway when travelling for eclipses. Use high-tech materials like titanium and/or carbon fiber to get the weight down as much as

Personally, I believe that we should... NEVER GIVE TELESCOPES TO SCHOOLS. GIVE TELESCOPES TO TEACHERS OR STUDENTS INSTEAD. If you give it to a school, it inevitably ends up being controlled by school

You ask if it would be worthwhile to split the Mach2 into two parts... For me, absolutely. The main reason that (then) I chose the Mach1 over the MyT (despite my love of the red color :)) was the 28lb

I guess it would come down to what the weight increase would be. Perhaps its an acceptable tradeoff?

As soon as you add encoders the weight goes up again. Single encoder for RA to eliminate the periodic error could be doable. But then you lose the ability to always know where the scope is pointing in

Need the AP400AE to come to light. Nice lightweight hyper-portable mount with encoders.

Interesting. I just weighed the two components of the Mach1. Ra weighs 17.20 lb. Dec weighs 11.95 lb. for a total of 29.15lb. That's without the dovetail plate which can weigh +- depending if it's the

I have a 900 and that is only 22 pounds. Maybe the 1100 is too heavy also but 42 for the Mach 2 is definitely too heavy. I could manage the Mach 1 weight but much prefer the single axis 900 weight.

This is great news that there will be more Stowaways! :)

If I may say so - when I weigh my MACH1 GTO and 1100 RA (no encoders) both 2018 models- The MACH1 GTO is 31 lbs The 1100 GTO RA is 27lbs This is why I like the 1100 so much - it's actually a bit

The Mach 1 is very portable. :)

School is maybe a bad idea. Teachers don't stay after school in the dark. It probably won't be used. Rolando

Thank you, Roland. I will be disabling DEC Comp this evening. Eric

The Mach1 was the same weight as the RA axis of the 1100 mount ~ 28 lb. So why do you think the 1100 was much more portable than the Mach1? If we could somehow split the Mach2 so that the heaviest

I never found Dec compensation to help in guiding. As the scope points further north the RA guide command is increased to compensate for the cosine of the Dec angle. But it is really not a good idea.

That is a great suggestion. I have alsothought about donating it to a local school. Only bad thing is I kept thepier to use with my 1100 mount. Best Regards Michael Hambrick ARLANXEO TSR Global