Re: [APML] Autoguider Calibration/Guiding Rates

["Andy Wallace" <andywallace@home.com>]

I'm going to test a variation on this theory with an LX-200 10"  :-). A
friend got me a large free used commercial TV tripod rated at 400 pounds
with double bars on each leg and a hook on the center brace column to hang
more down force weight if desired. I have a heavy Millburn wedge that I need
to firmly attach to the mount but not having access to a machine shop, I'm
still working on that. Has to be better than the stock Meade tripod :-)

Andy

> Chuck Vaughn <aa6g@aa6g.org>  wrote:
>
> >The mass starts to move, the correction ends and the
> >mass should stop. The only way to stop it (or slow it back to normal
> >rate) is through rigidity in the mount. Mounts that are inadequately
> >rigid will flex slightly allowing the correction to overshoot before
> >they return to their nominal position. It's even possible to get a
> >dampening oscillation.
>
>
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