· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Reflectors Previous   Index   Next   Flat   Zamboni sage Reged: 01/03/05 Posts: 313 Loc: Arizona Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs       05/25/08 12:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply:   Well, I guess we now know who will carry this baby in the US: http://www.celestron.com/c2/news_view.php?NewsID=47 This is getting VERY interesting! As for the light shroud issue, I think there should be something like a collapsible shroud built around two metal hoops that slide around the poles which would expand and collapse with the truss. The bottom segment below the lower ring would have a velcro-sealing opening through which you could place the plastic cap to seal the bottom of the tube. That way you wouldn't ever have to remove the light shroud. You could attach it one time (hinges on the hoops, threading through velcro loops on the inside of the shroud, the aforementioned velcro opening all the way up and down, attaching to the tube with velcro tabs on the inside of the shroud and on the rims of the tube segments?) and never have to take it off. Whatchoo all think? -------------------- -Tristan Schwartz- My Equipment: 6 inch Orion DSE dob 4 inch Galileo Newtonian Resident Astro-Guru, Arizona Museum of Natural History Post Extras       Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs bsim 03/28/08 11:04 AM Review of 12" at Nightskies.net Tony~M   06/28/08 05:08 PM Re: Review of 12" at Nightskies.net coopman   06/28/08 05:36 PM Re: Review of 12" at Nightskies.net Tony~M   06/28/08 06:46 PM Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs panhard   04/07/08 09:43 PM Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs Jeff-g   04/07/08 10:26 PM Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs InkDark   04/08/08 08:39 AM Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs InkDark   04/08/08 03:36 PM Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs nightstalker   04/09/08 05:05 PM Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs InkDark   04/09/08 05:36 PM Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs SteveL   04/10/08 04:34 AM Re: New Sky-Watcher Flextube Dobs InkDark   04/10/08 09:30 AM Re: New Sky-Watcher 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