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It is an absolute pain in the rear to balance the scope, especially if you add accessories. Just add a Telrad and you have a lot of work to do. Since this is a clutchless telescope, the balance has to be perfect.

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It is not clutchless. There are both altitude and azimuth clutches. The altitude clutch knob is on the side of the fork. The azimuth clutch is at the bottom underneath the mount and is a pain to adjust, but you should not have to mess with it unless it's on a wedge.

The clutches don't have a "fully locked" position, but that's why the scope can just be hand pointed to the target and continue to track.

Also, it should have a set of counterweights that mount on the rail at on the underside of the OTA. Using these, I never had a problem balancing the scope - and I used both a Telrad and pretty heavy eyepieces.

-Wade

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