Foldaway Dobsonian mount

[Coastliner]

Hi All,

My Skyliner 200p OTA will fit in my car, but the Skywatcher mount that came with it will not. Are there any foldaway Dob mounts out there? Or any diy projects?

Ta,

Neil.

[Scooot]

I don't know any that are easily foldaway but Orion Optics Dob mounts have a smaller footprint. They do just bolt together so in theory you could take the sides off to transport but it's not something I'd want to do regularly.

http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/MOUNTS/dobsonianmount.html

[Beulah]

The 400p in the Skyliner series has a collapsible mount with easy release screw handles, but to be honest it's a real faff to set up! Mine's permanently bolted together and the mount's been squared off with judicious use of a bandsaw to decrease the foot print a little.

Is your car a two seater? If a four seater, I thought you would be able to put the 200p tube across the back seat and the mount in the passenger seat?

[Coastliner]

The 400p in the Skyliner series has a collapsible mount with easy release screw handles, but to be honest it's a real faff to set up! Mine's permanently bolted together and the mount's been squared off with judicious use of a bandsaw to decrease the foot print a little.

Is your car a two seater? If a four seater, I thought you would be able to put the 200p tube across the back seat and the mount in the passenger seat?

Mount in the passenger seat? Great idea, til I asked wifey if she'd cliimb into the boot!

[scarp15]

Perhaps you could use your existing base as a template and reconstruct a new one out of birch plywood, but creating a slightly more slender profile.

Here is a picture to illustrate, that I'd book marked from a thread some time ago.

[Scooot]

Mount in the passenger seat? Great idea, til I asked wifey if she'd cliimb into the boot!

You could get a small step to make it a bit easier.

[Coastliner]

You could get a small step to make it a bit easier.

:-D