Skyliner Tight Fit?

[Charic]

A few days off, it's quite mild, in-fact its very mild outside, but no Stars visible  though I  can just make out the Moon tonight, its got a big halo, visible through the  cloud layer, but nothing to get worked up about, but I would like to set the scope up!

But Nah!, its not going to happen, although a little cloud does make for a good filter on the odd occasion, keeping the brightness level down, so what else can I do? 

I know, strip the scope down and see If I can wrap a Fiat 500 around it? 
So for anyone contemplating how they could fit that BIG fat 8" Dobsonian into their small(ish) car, here's the proof, with the scope across the back seat, the base unit on the front seat (not shown)  and everything else in the boot, it really does fit inside a small(ish) car. I also use two old cot mattresses and a duvet to add cushioning  to the OTA (not shown). 

HTH.

[Stu]

But the big question is Charic, can you fit a 12" in?  

[Charic]

......maybe Stu, if angled slightly, though I have a bigger car, but not by much, so there shouldn't be an issue!
I am still contemplating the  12"/300P purchase issue, it'll soon be Christmas!

[Timebandit]

 

 

That's a nice cosy fit on the back seat for the 8" ,  with mattress and duvet also , you do take care of your scope??

The 12" will fit. There is always the roof rack method, helps cool the mirror on the way to the dark site also ?

 

 

[Charic]

Just seen a 300P Flextube for 650GBP near Manchester, that would fit inside, but its a solid tube I desire (?)

[Paul73]

Like the thread.

Why solid tube? My 10” FlexTube with an AstroZap light shroud is great. IMHO Solid tubes are a big fat (long) pain in the.....

Paul

PS. With SW it may be the mount that is the limiting factor, not the tube.

[Charic]

5 minutes ago, Paul73 said:

Why solid tube?

Nothing to set up! I can lift my scope outside right now, just have to remove the covers, and its ready, bar any cooling?
 

[AdeKing]

My 8" Skyliner was a tight fit in our Suzuki Splash with the stock base, but is a comfortable fit now I have an Orion Dob Base.  I can even take a passenger an another visual setup now.

However, my 12" F/6 solid tube Dark Star dob wouldn't even fit into the flatbed of my work truck, a Nissan Navara, as it' so long.

Thinking about turning the dark star dob into a split tube aka @Moonshane or maybe a truss tube to make it more easily transportable.