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Re: [ATM] water drive

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Subject: Re: [ATM] water drive
From: Michael Lindner <mikell@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:58:34 -0400
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On Tue June 13 2006 1:37 pm, Dominic-Luc Webb wrote:
> Surely this is not original, but as per my recent posting to
> this list, has anyone built a drive that has some extension from
> the polar axis floating on water...

One disadvantage I can think of is that the ball will float higher or lower if 
weight is added (like an eyepiece change) which will move the scope off the 
object to be viewed. Also, vibration might create ripples in the water which 
might affect pointing stability.

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