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Forgot to Park last night

michael mccann
 

Darn, I forgot to park my AP900 last night. Started at pointing to zenith to do flats .  So what actually happens to the clutches when it goes a few hours pushing scope against pier for a few hours?  I suspect if I set the clutch at the right tension there’s probably no damage.  Also, what’s the best way to recover? Do I try parking at CWD, or best to recal ? (I’m using N.I.N.A.)

Thanks ahead
Benoit Schillings
 

nothing bad... I have done it a 100 times.

-- benoit

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:20 PM michael mccann via groups.io
<mmccawsprojects@...> wrote:

Darn, I forgot to park my AP900 last night. Started at pointing to zenith to do flats . So what actually happens to the clutches when it goes a few hours pushing scope against pier for a few hours? I suspect if I set the clutch at the right tension there’s probably no damage. Also, what’s the best way to recover? Do I try parking at CWD, or best to recal ? (I’m using N.I.N.A.)

Thanks ahead
Roland Christen
 

Loosen the clutches, send it to Park3, let it go where it wants. Then move it manually to Park3. That's it.

Rolando



-----Original Message-----
From: michael mccann via groups.io <mmccawsprojects@...>
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Sent: Fri, Apr 22, 2022 8:20 pm
Subject: [ap-gto] Forgot to Park last night

Darn, I forgot to park my AP900 last night. Started at pointing to zenith to do flats .  So what actually happens to the clutches when it goes a few hours pushing scope against pier for a few hours?  I suspect if I set the clutch at the right tension there’s probably no damage.  Also, what’s the best way to recover? Do I try parking at CWD, or best to recal ? (I’m using N.I.N.A.)

Thanks ahead

--
Roland Christen
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