George-92

After a few years of astro imaing with my trusty WO GT71, i have decided to take up a challenge and dip back into the world of newtonians. I recieved a Quattro 250 F4, and wow quite a size difference !! First observations i have found while mocking up the setup on my EQ6-R, is the sub standard tube rings/dovetail. There is a small amount of lateral movement in between the ring and the rail, I want to explore options to swap over the rings and plate to a losmandy rail as its just a more solid solution. Has anyone got any pointers on rings and rails that are compatiable at all? I do have a few more bits to cover, however i need to gently manage the damage to my pocket :) Thanks George

I noticed the same when watching videos disassembling the unit. quite surprising how little there is to hold the bar into place. I have tried to go all hulk on the screw and it’s the same unfortunately. Well FLO was going to be my next step if I have no luck here. Apprehensive to open anything up quite yet.

I am surprised too, it’s not been bumped or barey moved since buying it so I’m puzzled too. I took the thin screw and the nylon shell is still there. It tightens nice and the bar doesn’t move on the same plane as the screw, just side to side from it.

I have had my eq6-r since November 2020 from FLO and I can’t fault it. It’s been a brilliant mount. That said I have found lateral play in the counter weight bar. With everything tightened up, I can rock the counterweight bar 90/270” to the locking screw that locks the bar into place. While it’s a very small movement, it’s felt throughout the mount when slewing past the point where the loaded weight moves. In turn I tends to cause a few images throughout the night to be lost due to the nock in the mount. Generally easy to reproduce targeting a high dec object. see attached video for a demo. Has anyone else come across this at all? Any thoughts about a way to remove this little devil ? IMG_3250.MOV