Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
I know what the real backlash is, I already said, I put it at 2s. It's about guiding performance surely:) Now, I just rebuilt the Dec access using the 1024 encoder and the 25:1 gearbox. I can confirm
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Peter Boreland
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#72953
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Re: New mount guiding calibration
So my first try at calibrating didn't go so well, but it wasn't a mount issue.? I couldn't for the life of me get a good focus with the guide setup that was good enough for guide assistant to be
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Bill Grogan
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#72952
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Re: Need advice selling my Losmandy G11 492 Digital Drive
If the buyer uses PayPal¡¯s Friends & Family but funds it with a credit card, there is still a fee, about the same 3%. It is charged directly to the buyer, though, so there¡¯s no calculating to do
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Les Niles
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#72951
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Try TVC=0 for "real" backlash numbers.
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alan137
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#72950
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
I got this jpg, i was interested in the actual guidelogs? [email protected]> wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com <http://brianvalentephotography.com>
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Brian Valente
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#72949
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Sorry Brian the Attachment did not post...
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Peter Boreland
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#72948
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Brian, I'm not quite ready to release actual guide logs at this point. I'm still studying problems and making changes etc. I did post the FFT analysis for the attached session from two nights back, a
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Peter Boreland
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#72947
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Peter, I lost track of the Dec axis configuration that resulted in the reported 40 msec backlash. Are these the most relevant configuration items: -no spring load -homemade one piece worm block -added
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Cyclone
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#72946
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
Hi Peter Can you post your guidelogs for that night? that would be great, thanks [email protected]> wrote:
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Brian Valente
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#72945
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Re: Needle bearings and axial play, is this a significant performance problem and how difficult is it to fix?
New bits arrived today. Will change out the Ra thrust bearings a see if reduces the 2600s error shown in the previous posting. These thrust bearings are German sourced from McMaster! Also, received
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Peter Boreland
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#72944
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Re: Need advice selling my Losmandy G11 492 Digital Drive
1. If you choose send money to a friend there are no fees.? You have to really not trust the person you are buying from to force them to pay a fee, which they then charge you. 2. If you ship in a
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Peter Boreland
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#72943
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 08:57 AM, Edward Plumer wrote: > > Fascinating!? From this video, I am also hard pressed to see how this is > not an issue in the Gemini firmware itself since the
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Peter Boreland
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#72942
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
It is in the "Files" section, the direct link is /g/Losmandy_users/files/Edward-Gemini-NINA.xlsx * * -- Edward
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Edward Plumer
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#72941
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
" I uploaded a newer version of the spreadsheet with some added round-off error checks." Thanks Edward. ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy GM811G, NINA 1.11, ASI2600MC Pro,
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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#72940
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
added round-off error checks. thanks edward. can you post the link again?
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Brian Valente
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#72939
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
By the way, the spreadsheet password is "nina". Not trying to be coy, just ensuring users don't accidently changes cells that are not meant to be entered. -- Edward
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Edward Plumer
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#72938
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Fascinating!? From this video, I am also hard pressed to see how this is not an issue in the Gemini firmware itself since the discontinuity clearly occurs in the HC. When I get back home to my scope,
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Edward Plumer
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#72937
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Re: Need advice selling my Losmandy G11 492 Digital Drive
I'd rephrase a bit. "The seller must demand that the buyer cover the fees." Generally, on CN, that only happens when the item is selling for several hundred bucks. Essentially all transactions today
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George Cushing
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#72936
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Re: Upgrading older G-11
Brian and Keith, Thanks for clarifying the situation with these upgrade options.? I will likely wait on the SLW idea.? But I might do the RA extension.? My setup is not permanent and it might be
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Steve Preston
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#72935
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Re: Need advice selling my Losmandy G11 492 Digital Drive
as @pcborland is interested in the mount head I am interested in the tripod base as I just bought a G11 locally but am not happy with the lighter weight tripod that it was sold with. I think perhaps
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Michael Ben-Yehuda
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#72934
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