Re: [ATM] Active damping

["Don Clement" <clement.focuser@verizon.net>]

> I think: the goal is to use the truss tubes as a dampening device - they
are
> a major structural element - don't stop at trying to get them to not
> resonate, instead, go for the gold and get the truss tubes to absorb the
> wind and human energy being dumped into the upper end of the tube assembly

The same piezo sensor/actuator in each truss pole could be used to deflect
each pole and move the entire upper end assembly for dampening the scope as
a system. Perhaps via motion sensors in the upper tube assembly and central
control.

Don Clement
Running Springs, California

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