EQ6 payload

[Frank the Troll]

Does anyone know the payload for an older EQ6 (black version)

Cheers

Frank

[paul mc c]

25 kg...18kg for imaging

Edited March 2, 2020 by paul mc c

[joe aguiar]

I heard was 40 lbs visual so 20 or so ap

Joejaguar 

[TerryMcK]

Paul is definitely right. 
EQ6 has a maximum payload capacity of 18kgs (40lbs) and for imaging the total weight of equipment carried should not exceed around  two-thirds that.

[Frank the Troll]

Thank peeps, I will be fine then, my setup will be around the 9 kilo mark

Frank

[laser_jock99]

On 02/03/2020 at 17:37, Frank the Troll said:

Does anyone know the payload for an older EQ6 (black version)

Cheers

Frank

Around 35Kg for imaging......

 

EDIT- been running this rig for eight+ years.....but can't say if the mount manufacturer would endorse it or not!!!

Edited March 6, 2020 by laser_jock99

[Frank the Troll]

11 minutes ago, laser_jock99 said:

Around 35Kg for imaging......

 

Blimey, I will be well under that

 

[laser_jock99]

2 minutes ago, Frank the Troll said:

Blimey, I will be well under that

 

The EQ6 mount is capable of large payloads, but everything must be supremely well balanced and moved with care.

Things liking stopping the scope dead during a fast slew will destroy the gears. So I probably wouldn't recomend this kind of payload.

Still, it's interesting to know it can be done!

 

[John]

It depends on the tube length as well. This 150mm F/12 refractor weighed 14.5 kg but the long tube meant that the EQ6 was not all that stable even for visual observing. And that was with 3 inch steel tubed tripod legs !