ATM Newbie taking the plunge

[Andrew Lin <alin@qualcomm.com>]

Okay, I've read and I've surfed and I've read some more
and I've surfed some more, and I've decided to take the
plunge and build a scope.  Here's what I had in mind:

8" f/6 Alice-like scope.

Why?  Well, mainly because it's the largest scope that
will fit in my cargo-challenged sports car.

The only concern I have right now is the stability of
the twin truss tube design.  I did a mock up in spare
cardboard, and I noticed a lot of play torsionally in
my mock tubes.  Granted they were made of three layers
of corrugated cardboard instead of aluminum, but it still
bugged me.

Is this something I should be worried about?

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