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Re: new UC18 buyer - 2 questions
Hi Jeremy, When Gary Myers retired in January, we announced we would be introducing a next generation servo GOTO controller. As you may be aware, StellarCAT had Wildcard had a long cooperation and we
By Wildcard Innovations · #396 ·
Re: new UC18 buyer - 2 questions
Hi Jeremy, I've got some info about the wheelbarrow handles and the need for a dolly here: https://gooutlookup.net/uc18 hope that helps some. -jeff
By Jeff Martin <jeff@...> · #395 ·
new UC18 buyer - 2 questions
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.
By Jeremy Carlo · #394 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
I¡¯m not a religious individual but bless you! He only contributed negatively. I too hope he finds peace.
By Netscape · #393 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
Just so everyone is aware.?The toxic individual has been removed. On here, as well as the FB Obsession page.?As a moderator, I owe everyone an apology for not removing him sooner. Even after dozens
By Dragan Nikin · #392 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
Jeffrey, Maybe you should consider selling that telescope instead of coming on to multiple forums, (weren¡¯t you the person removed from the Obsession Telescope Owners Facebook Group?)and complaining
By Christine Coco · #391 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
Mark Bungart on 8/16/2022: To flame others who have had similar experiences to mine is insulting and sophomoric. Be better than that. Richard Miller on 8/14/2022: I doubt that a group of enthusiasts
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
All just typical fan boy fodder.? :DMust be MY fault that the dentist did nothing to helpMust be MY fault?that the dentist assembled my 15,000 dollar telescope wrong.Must be MY fault?that the
By Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky <indanapt@...> · #389 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
I¡¯m sorry to hear about the trouble with your scope.??I can't argue with your assessment of the design tradeoffs made to the UC line.??I just wouldn't characterize those tradeoffs as
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
The problem with the Obsession 18¡± UC is the trade-offs to make it super portable and capable of being put into the white plastic airline shipping box.? Folding bearing arms Thin upper ring Virtual
By charles jagow · #387 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
Dave designs and manufactures his own scopes.? He has successfully run his own US-based company for decades while competing in a global market place that is dominated by low-cost, off-shore
Nebraska Star Party blog post
Here's a great blog post by Diana Hannikain, observing editor at Sky & Telescope, about last months Nebraska Star Party at Merritt Reservoir in the Sandhills of northcentral Nebraska.?This is a
By Dragan Nikin · #385 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
I have owned an 18UC and I still have a 20Classic so I understand and appreciate the design as well as some of the shortcomings, particularly of the UC platform. Of course there are other telescopes
By Josh Sehn · #384 ·
A very interesting detail regarding the position of the collimation screws UC vs Classic
Hi all, for those interested in design details, I would like to share with you a small but very important difference between classic design and UC design regarding the position of the collimation
By Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Ruciak · #383 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
I am curious if you have a blog post or something detailing the story of your scope and interactions with DaveK. It might have more effect in deterring future owners than what you posted in this
By Nikhil Sethi (????? ????) · #382 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
Frederic, i purchased my UC18 without the ServoCAT and later installed it my self. ?Very happy customer, and have added lots of extras to achieve remote observing from inside my house. ?I plan to
By Richard · #381 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
Hi Jeff, the fact is that my experience with a classic 15 and the very first UC22 AN/SC is completely different from yours and it is very good to excellent. If we concentrate on UC22 that you are very
By Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Ruciak · #380 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
You pay 15,000, you expect better. PERIOD. END OF STORY.If I had bought a classic I'd be a fanboy like all of you.? I have found the dentist could give two 'you know whats' about any UC-22 issues. It
By Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky <indanapt@...> · #379 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 10:38 PM, Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky wrote: > > Then DO NOT buy from Obsession. Because the dentist ignores complaints or > tries to pass them off to subcontractors. Yeah It's been
By jmolin0131@... · #378 ·
Re: Thanks Dave for such a fun instrument (UC18)
OK, try to understand a couple of things - Im not at all interested in a flame war: Dave has sold over a thousand Obsessions of various sizes since Obsession 1 was first designed. Clearly people love
By Mark Bungart · #377 ·