3.3
Bar and Counterweight
NOTE: Installing the telescope without counterweigh, even with the AR and Dec latches
well tight is unsafe. There is the risk of a sudden rotation of the telescope around the
axis leading to hit the tripod legs with consequential damages
.
The counterweight shaft has a special groove to
allow a quick setup and a safe usage.
•
Unscrew the knob at the bottom of the dec
axis, place the shaft in the hole and push
until the shaft is fully inserted; at this point
tight the knob to properly fix the shaft.
Depending on the telescope you want to use,
one or more counterweights will be needed.
•
Completely unscrew both the security screw
at the bottom of the counterweight shaft and
the fixing screw on the counterweight.
•
Insert the counterweight on the shaft, placing
it at about the centre. Firmly tighten the
counterweigh knob and then re-screw the
security screw on the end of the shaft.
3.4
Installing the Optical Tube
The LineAR, as before mentioned, is provided of a Losmandy type (75 mm) dovetail plate
(saddle) to install the telescope. Therefore the telescope must be provided of a male
dovetail bar of the same type.
Note: Before installing the tube, make sure you already installed both the shaft and the
counterweight and that the shaft is vertical and pointing to the ground (Counter Weight
Down - CWD position).
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