16" ATM Project Update 1

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:17 am

cc, does the mirror and rocker boxes fit common car boots?

arief

Post by **acc** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:21 am

I am not sure... we had the use of Wira's van when transporting the scope.

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:19 pm

wah...now that arief mentioned it...I remember it now...heh heh
the scope should still be with a very very busy wira...
hopefully you will be able to borrow it for mersing....will give the mileage the biggest aperture scope in singapore deserves...heh

rich, can you contact wira about this? i lost his hp number. maybe he can join the next mersing trip?

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:07 pm

cc, does the mirror and rocker boxes fit common car boots?

Arief, if you want to bring that scope to Mersing, you can check the dimensions and consider to place it in the minibus where Elton and his Teleport sat.

Post by **Airconvent** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:37 pm

ariefm71 wrote:
wah...now that arief mentioned it...I remember it now...heh heh
the scope should still be with a very very busy wira...
hopefully you will be able to borrow it for mersing....will give the mileage the biggest aperture scope in singapore deserves...heh
rich, can you contact wira about this? i lost his hp number. maybe he can join the next mersing trip?

tried to call him this evening but unable to get through...
he's pretty busy these days, so not too sure when he will rejoin singastro as an active member...back when he had his mpv, he was always goiing around singapore but since he sold his car, his movement has been limited as the LX200 with box will not fit into most sedans...

elton · Post by **elton** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:51 pm

rlow wrote:
Arief, if you want to bring that scope to Mersing, you can check the dimensions and consider to place it in the minibus where Elton and his Teleport sat.

Thanks Richard, I guess this means that I've been uninvited for the next trip

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:40 pm

Thanks Richard, I guess this means that I've been uninvited for the next trip

I think that means he'll get a bigger van :-)

Post by **Airconvent** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:47 pm

just spoke to wira just now..
seems he is quite busy but is ready to join in any obs as long as he is not tied up with any work project..
his feedback is the 16.1" still needs a little work before it can be used..
maybe a diy master like arief can do wonders with it?

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:51 pm

maybe a diy master like arief can do wonders with it?

only with the help of atm jedi master kayheem, i'm just a padawan :-)

btw, check this url out for a 16 incher that looks good and relatively portable: http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/de ... _id=372606

kayheem · Post by **kayheem** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:01 am

"Use the force, Arief, use the Force!"

The link arief gave looks promising, provided it is meant for a mirror of the same F-ratio. I believe that the original design had problems of balance. Maybe Arief and I could take a look and see how we can salvage the project by changing the materials used e.g. aluminium instead of steel tube etc.

However, I will be away for 2 weeks from next week for an overseas conference. Maybe we take a look at it when i return, OK arief?