Re: Judging/adjusting Counter balance weights
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The counterweight should be adjusted to balance around the RA axis, not around the latitude adjustment. Leave the latitude adjustment alone. Loosen the RA clutch and rotate so the counterweight bar (dec axis) is horizontal. Then adjust the counterweight to balance so there¡¯s no tendency for the RA axis to rotate either way. If you¡¯re at high latitudes it might be necessary to lower the latitude setting to do this balancing, but at a mid latitude like yours appears to be, that shouldn¡¯t be needed.?
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On Sep 1, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Dave_Kentsbeer <david.kentsbeer47@...> wrote:
?Hi all, on my eq1 to set the counter balance weight correctly I just loosened off the longitude bolt and balanced the scope and counterweight, on my G11 even if I loosen the longitude bolts I still have to screw the adjuster in and out to change longitude, I guess it's for safety because o <15989802829908473083650792342052.jpg> <15989803149201228876188529176299.jpg> <1598980343252774805347793934785.jpg> f the weight involved. Given that I cannot just let it "wobble" freely how do judge the amount of weight I need? My telescope is 13kg without extras,
thanks?
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