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Subject: Re: [M]: Piggyback Weight Limits-reply?
From: John W Downs
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Thu May 22 06:17:18 1997

Meade claims a piggyback mounting of 25 lbs is maximum, but that is for
the 12" which out weighs the 8" by at least 25-30 lbs.The 8" has the same
drive but with shorter fork arms. Don't think you could overload the
LX200-8".

John W. Downs
dB Sound Labs
Acoustic Evaluation Laboratory
Future Home of the Willard Observatory


On Tue, 20 May 97 10:52:37 -0700 Robin Casady <rcasady@scruznet.com>
writes:
>John W Downs wrote:
>
>>Your limit for weight on the LX-200 system depends on which size OTA
>is
>>mounted; if 8" you can load up the goodies.
>
>Could you be more specific? What does "load up" equal in lbs.?
>
>Robin Casady
>http://www.scruz.net/~rcasady/
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