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

["Mel Bartels" <mbartels@bbastrodesigns.com>]

> 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?

Pretty much true, but for the following points:

1. a TriDob has a bigger base ring and thus can take more virtual spring 
counterweighting to make altitude bearing size smaller

2. the bearings in a TriDob foldup for easier transport, making a larger 
aperture scope feel like a smaller scope

Mel Bartels 

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