Re: [ATM] New minimalist single-pole 18" ultralight

[Mike Lockwood <melockwo@uiuc.edu>]

Hi,

Scott Milligan wrote:
> Have you ever given any consideration to the problem/desirability of
> incorporating a collapsible or foldable connecting tube into to your design?
> It would seem to me that the current 1 piece tube is the last feature of the
> design that has yet to me made fully portable.  Solving that issue without
> severely compromising vibration & collimation stability would be a real
> challenge, and feather in the cap for whomever solves it. 

My strategy for shorter poles (at least for my 8" travel scope) is to 
use multi-segmented, shorter trusses.

I also considered having truss poles with joints, and this type of 
joint might be interesting, though costly, but that is not such a 
concernt with one pole:
   http://www.sandsmachine.com/spec_ssc.htm

It is intended for bicycle frames and is made by the same place that 
has the surplus aluminum disks that many of us find very useful.

	Mike Lockwood


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