From: George Anderson 
To: Mel Bartels 
CC: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: George Anderson 


What if the single motor was just on the drive limit for the mount? Might
that not cause some rotational problems that could show up as rotational
whipping as the single drive motor finally overcomes the drag/friction of
the mount?

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

Mel Bartels wrote:
>
> >>> Just a guess, but have you ever seen a palm tree in a
wind storm?  (It
> bends).
>
> Ok, but how does adding a second azimuth motor make a real mechanical
> difference?  Seems to me that the bending is occuring above the azimuth
> platform and adding a thousand azimith motors around the rim will not change
> things.  Now if the central bearing has some slop, then that's different,
> but judging from their structural design, I don't see that.  That's where I
> am confused.
>
> Mel Bartels

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