127 sct on a merlin?

[Earl]

do you think it may be pushing the Merlin? or doable?

[happy-kat]

It has been seen on a virtuoso mount which has a 4kilo payload.

What payload has the merlin?

Telescope-express but the bare OTA at 3.4 kilo

FLO website details

'Compact telescopes weighing up to approximately 4kg can be attached via the standard Skywatcher/Vixen dovetail bar fitting. Also spotting scopes can be attached via their tripod adapter bush and mounted on the supplied L-Bracket.,

[happy-kat]

What did you decide to do, I'm curious as it is a very similar mount to my virtuoso.

 

[Earl]

nothing yet, just got made redundant yesterday....

[happy-kat]

Very sorry to read that Earl.

Hope you can find something suitable as a replacement. 

[Cornelius Varley]

Weight may not be an issue. The main problem could be with the telescope fouling the mount at higher elevations. The distance from the centre of the alt axis to the battery compartment is about 130/140mm.