TTS-160 Panther mount

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Hello everyone,
I’m new to the forum and I wanted to ask if anyone had had the opportunity to experiment with the TTS-160 Panther mount, especially with regards to its pointing and tracking precision (I already own a field derotator and could therefore effectively compensate for the rotation of field.
My main interest is to obtain good time series of eclipsing binaries.
Observations should be guided and made with my 8" Meade at f/10 and f/6.3.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide me with useful information.

Marco Vincenzi

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Looks like it is discontinued.
Does it have an ASCOM driver?
Also, from a mechanical engineering point of view, the counterweight arms look like they would make good lolly-pops. That makes for easily driven mechanical vibrations/resonances. You could ameliorate by using heavier weights bolted higher on the arms.
AP , Bisque and other have light versions of mounts that are lighter, carry twice the telescope weight and also point well.

Ray