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New prototype direct drive mount, Bruce Van Deventer

New prototype direct drive mount

New prototype direct drive mount, Bruce Van Deventer

New prototype direct drive mount

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My new prototype portable single arm direct drive mount, shown here carrying my Meade 10" SCT. Covers are off; the electronics will go inside the arm once it's done and there are carbon fiber side covers for the arm. It is a semi-offset design meaning there is a small counterweight on the far side. It's intended to be portable. It's on a slightly modified Millburn wedge designed for a large Meade SCT, on a Meade field tripod. The tripod makes it quite tall and it needs to be on something shorter. Uses 48VDC. Has 26 bit absolute encoders on both RA and Dec axis; 200mm on RA, 100mm on dec.

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New prototype direct drive mount, Bruce Van Deventer