Sadali

I have recently purchased GTiX for my Lunt 60 Ha and 102 Omni plus Herschel wedge. Big thanks to FLO for express and smooth shopping experience ! I had only chance to test the mount "dry" inside my flat looking thru the window and I must say it is much smoother and much more precise then my GTI or Solar Quest But what I a m thinking about is possibility of using DIY bracket and join both saddles aligned parallel and pointed upwards. Bracket would be built from two vertical dovetails joined at the ends by one horizsontal which would create base for third saddle on the top of the mount exactly in the middle. This would allow to attach up to 10kg in one point as if properly balanced would distribute half of the weight to each of the sides. I can't see it not working from the physics point of view .... it is the same weight but different distribution ?

I would go for the Lunt all the way. Higher chance of getting good quality etalon. Myself using 60mm single stacked - bought used for £2100 end of last year. With good viewing and right pixel sized cameras you can squeeze from it a lot. The closeup was recorder with 178MM and cheep 2x Barlow so quite oversampled, and full disc ( just a surface ) without Barlow and the same camera ( lots of detail for SS ) I am considering double stack but not now - this is the worst time to buy due to eclipse in US next month. I think after April, there will be a lot of people selling used equipment purchased just for this event.