The collapsible 10" looks great. As InkDark says, the inconvenient part of transport is not the scope, but the base.
I have a folding Baltic Birch base for my 10" Antares, made by FirstBase. I'm going to see if I can adapt a 10" Skywatcher flextube to fit it -- Problem will be that the Skywatcher Tube is probably a bit thinner, and the altitude bearings may not be the same size.
I may order Antares bearings and see if I can attach them to the Skywatcher tube, with something to extend them out a bit so they nest in the cut-outs in the folding base. The whole rig should then tuck into the car quite nicely.
Anyone know the diameter of the 10" Skywatcher Flextube tube, and the diameter of the bearings?
-------------------- "But seeing through a telescope is 50% vision and 50% imagination." - Chet Raymo
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