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Re: G11G RA Clutch


 

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Eric you are correct, my bad. I thought we were talking G11GT

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I¡¯ll have to revisit my comments

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My G11G does not have the 40 second periodic error, so ignore that (I should also clarify I meant 40 second periodicity, the actual error is something like 2.4arcsecs. wow I¡¯m in rare form today)

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SO on my G11G - My experience of getting the tucked in gearing added to my G11G and getting it back sounds the same as Chip¡¯s - the RA performance was basically identical. I think unguided it¡¯s around +/- 5 arcsec

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Rich, Regarding the RA clutch disk, I could have sworn Losmandy switched to a new better clutch system than the plastic ones, or at least they have it as an upgrade, you might call them and ask.

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Sorry again folks ¨C messed up my terminology. I¡¯m not used to this renaming of the old mounts.

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I¡¯ll crawl back in my cave now ;)

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Thanks

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Brian

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Brian Valente

Brianvalentephotography.com

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From: Losmandy_users@... [mailto:Losmandy_users@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 1:47 PM
To: Losmandy_users@...
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users] Re: G11G RA Clutch

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According to the Losmandy website the G11G is just a G11 with goto. The G11GT the the G11 DEC and Titan RA.

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On Oct 31, 2017, at 2:33 PM, 'Brian Valente' bvalente@... [Losmandy_users] <Losmandy_users@...> wrote:

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Guys

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Just to clarify, are we talking a G11 or a G11G?

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The G11G is the Titan RA with G11 DEC

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The RA portion has nothing to do with the regular G11 RA axis

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I¡¯m confused now, but again, I am here in LA and have both G11 and G11G. I currently have my G11G setup, G11 is semi-retired sitting on the table.

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Thanks

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Brian

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Brian Valente

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From:?Losmandy_users@...?[mailto:Losmandy_users@...]?
Sent:?Tuesday, October 31, 2017 1:24 PM
To:?Losmandy_users@...
Subject:?[Losmandy_users] Re: G11G RA Clutch

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Hi Rich,

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Where are you located??I'm sure there is somebody near you that has a G11 that can help if you live near a city or large town. I'm in L.A., Michael Herman is up in bay area. I'm sure people are willing to help near you, they just need to know they are needed.




Don't get me wrong, I used to mess with mine all the time but when I got my updated G11G back from Scott I wanted to test it as delivered and to see if the mount's PE had changed. When I tested it the tracking error was virtually identical to my modified and carefully adjusted 2-piece worn block and HP worms before I drove over the G11 over to Scott's shop. I'm a car guy and I love working with all things mechanical, I enjoyed playing with the G11 so much I bought a GM8 to play with. Well sort of anyway, I also needed a lightweight mount for wheelie bar driveway duty and the SkyView-Pro was very scarily overloaded at the time with my P/AT130mm f/6 APO and M10" f/6.3 SCT OTA both optically outstanding scopes that I did not want to risk on a mount rated for a 15 lb payload.?

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Chip?

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