Learning a lot from reading the posts here!
I recently placed an order for a UC18; expecting delivery sometime in November.?? I did have two questions which maybe the group can help with:
1. Dave K. told me ServoCAT is out of business, so no Go-To options at present, and nothing on the immediate horizon.? But I saw something from Gary at Wildcard about a possible new drive system designed to interface with Argo Navis.? This was around January, but I've heard nothing since (and Dave says he knows nothing more than that).? Has anybody heard anything more?
I was weighing whether to delay purchasing the scope until a new Go-To system was available, but who knows how long that will be. I see a lot of the big Dob manufacturers, and big mirror grinders, have gone out of business in the last few years, so I figure it's a good idea to get my hands on a proven optical/mechanical system now, and I can always retrofit a drive system later.
2. I'd be interested in making the wheelbarrow handles collapsible, which would make storage and transport much easier. (Of course they have to be removed entirely for observing, but for storage in my basement closet and transport in my car it would be a lot easier if I could simply remove or stow away the handle extensions, while leaving the first part connected to the scope.) Has anyone successfully done this?? I think I've sketched out in my head how to do it, but as always it's nicer to learn from the mistakes of others than from your own :-)
Best,
Jeremy
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Jeremy P. Carlo
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