Airline Portable Setup

All,

My new job looks like its going to have a lot of opportunities for travel to the southwest so I'm looking at purchasing either the Orion 80ED or a WO scope as a travel companion to replace my current ST80. My big concern though is getting a stable mount that is also airline friendly. Any suggestions?

Joseph Edwards said:

All,

My new job looks like its going to have a lot of opportunities for travel to the southwest so I'm looking at purchasing either the Orion 80ED or a WO scope as a travel companion to replace my current ST80. My big concern though is getting a stable mount that is also airline friendly. Any suggestions?

They make luggage for the Sphinx.

The case for the GM8 is not large enough to hold the mount with the motors attached.

Hi Joe,

Maybe the Vixen Porta Mount will be fine. I use it with my C80ED for grab and go with Great succes. Mind you, it has slow-mo controlls and you never need any counterweights.
Well, just a thought
Good Luck!
/Magnus

Joe,
I would definitely check out the DM-4 at:
http://www.discmounts.com/ It is by all accounts one heck of a smooth mount with many advantages including not having to rebalance when changing EP's and other paraphernalia. I would talk to Tom of Disckmounts for some mounting options for this little gem of a mounts. I have a DM-6 and it is everything they say it is. Tom Trusack has a review on Cloudy nights for both the DM-6 and DM-4.These are both very compact mounts and are desighed from the beginning for encoders that are compatible to most DSC computers. Hope this is of some help.Good luck with what ever decision you make.
Dan