CG5 Mount weight limits

[ronaldo999]

Would the following all be able to be mounted on a CG5 mount with no problems regarding weight.

C6 XLT OTA

Canon 450D

Guidescope - ST80 with dsi 2 guide cam

appropriate dovetail and rings

Also using synscan goto to run this lot, is the weight an issue or would it be ok?

[arad85]

It's going to depend on how you mount and the weight of the extra bits. I've just changed my CG5 for a EQ6 because it wobbles too much when using it visually with a C9.25 plus bits on it (around 10-11 kg). Although the C6 is quite light by comparison, I'd expect you to be getting towards 9kg with all that mounted. I think you're going to need to balance it quite well and keep wind away from it with all that on there for long exposure stuff...