Hello,
I have a Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i. I want to upgrade my imaging kit, and saw a YouTube video where someone had the following on a star adventurer. I looked up their weights and got the following:
ZWO ASI1600MM -410g
WO Spacecat 51 -1400g
7x Filter Wheel -400g
ZWO ASI120MM -60g
ZWO 30 F4 -500g
ZWO ASIAir -N/A as not attached
WO Cat Saddlebar -140g
Dec Bracket -550g
Which amounts to ~3.6kg, and with the counterweight totals ~4.6kg which is just shy of the payload limit.
I am thinking about using the Zenithstar 61, which weights 2.2kg with a Saddlebar and dovetail, and replacing the 30 F4 with the WO UniGuide which is 240g, and adding the WO FLAT61R at 270g.
This makes a total payload weight of ~4.2kg. Adding the counterweight, which would likely need to be 2kg to balance brings the total weight to 6.2kg.
Now, I do not know if the advertised payload weight of 5kg includes the counterweight or not. Would this setup be too heavy?