Re: [ATM] Tri-dob website is finally up! HONEST!

["Alan Scott" <alanne1956@hotmail.com>]

Wow, wow, wow!  Now THAT is a nice web site of a beautiful telescope.
I love the design of the 16".  Simple, elegant, low cost, functional.  This 
is what a telescope should be.

I do have one question for Dave and the group.  From a purely funtional 
standpoint, is a Tri-dob that does not add additional weights bigger or 
smaller than a more conventional lightweight dob?  In other words, if the 
center of the bearings must be at the center of mass, the bearings have to 
be the same size - right?  So, the bearings end up being the same size - 
right?

For instance, is a Tri-dob from the following pictures inherently smaller 
than the non tri-dob?
(First is from Mel Bartel's beautiful Tri-Dob, 
http://www.bbastrodesigns.com/tm/trilateral/trilateral.html)
(Second is from Stathis Kafalis's http://www.stathis-firstlight.de/atm/ 
site.)

http://www.bbastrodesigns.com/tm/trilateral/TrilatBackSideView.jpg
http://www.stathis-firstlight.de/atm/bilder/kyklopas_gesamt_stathis11.jpg

Thanks!

alan

>From: Dave Smith <smithersscope@yahoo.com>
>To: ATMLIST <atm@atmlist.net>
>Subject: Re: [ATM] Tri-dob website is finally up! HONEST!
>Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:35:38 -0700 (PDT)
>
>OK Ladies and Gents,
>One more time!
>To prove one more time that the members on this list
>are the greatest group of people, one of them has set
>up a spot for my webpage on his own server. How's that
>for altruistic? Thanks a million James! IOU.
>
>So...you can check out the new page (with no bandwith
>restrictions) that I uploaded at the following URL:
>
>http://dsmith.no-ip.org/
>
>If you want to skip my intro blurb page and go
>straight to the ATM stuff click on the following:
>
>http://dsmith.no-ip.org/atm/atmpage.htm
>
>Please let me know what you think. Let me know if
>images don't load correctly or if links are failing.
>I'm open to any comments, criticisms, suggestions or
>whatever.
>Thanks again to ALL of you for the continued support!
>Dave
>
>
>
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