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WarpAstron WarpDrive WD-20 Harmonic Drive Mount (WD-20)

SKU WA-WD-20
Original price $0
Original price $4,574.00 - Original price $4,574.00
Original price
Current price $4,574.00
$4,574.00 - $4,574.00
Current price $4,574.00

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Description

WarpAstron WarpDrive WD-20 Harmonic Drive Mount

WD-20 is a High-Load harmonic drive mount based on Servo Direct Drive. It provides standard load capacity up to 50NM without using a counterweight. Most heavy equipments like 130APO, 150APO or C11 can be easily handled by it with ideal guiding performance.

New designed main body with high power density servo motor, significantly boosting load capacity while keeping its weight only 5.4kg.

Both axises have home sensor, which makes astrography more convenient for remote control/observatory.

Servo Direct Drive

Servo motor direct driving stain wave reducer, taking advantage of fast response and precise positioning, every mount provides constantly high precision guiding at the same level.

Easy partner

Only weighted 5.4kg supporting both Losmandy & Vixen dovetail, even lighter than most of harmonic mount using Type 17 reducer.

50NM+ High Load Capacity

Load up to 22kg without CW @25cm from RA axis.

High precision encoder

Ensure high precision positioning for servo motor, far exceeding any stepper.

GPS

GPS/Beidou positioning module inside, for automatic positioning which easily sync time/location to NINA etc. for outdoor operation.

CNC

Mainbody integrally-formed by 5 axises CNC to ensure high strength. Deep Sky Grey/Carbon Black anodization

Bottom Plate Drawing

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Customer Reviews

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NELSON LAVERS

This mount is incredibly accurate with guiding. Sub .4/ .3 with a 30 lb payload in my initial test on questionable nights so far. It may be your last mount to purchase in terms of payload capacity for a remote setup. The price point seems appropriate due to the payload capacity. It's definitely an upgrade from the other strain wave mounts if you want to invest.

One thing I've noticed is this mount makes no noise at all when slewing, It's completely silent.?!  The motors are servo direct so obviously this is a massive upgrade from the red mounts that we all know, If you into the hobby I would recommend this mount.

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David Van Blarcom
Beautiful mount!

This is a very nicely engineered and manufactured mount. It is completely silent.
Has an exceptional load capacity. It runs well with the ASIair. You will need a Windows laptop to fine tune its settings. Just docked a star because its software, such as its Automatic Emergency Brake, is somewhat "Beta" and can be frustrating to use through its "Mount PC" app although the team is very responsive to feedback and is actively working to improve the experience. A young company that has a promising future

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Andrew B.
Ninja Mount

This thing is so quiet it’s spooky. The telescope just starts moving without any detectable sound. The OnStep system can be a little tricky to navigate at first but there is a wealth of information on how to set everything up. I posted on CN about how much I liked the mount and the WarpAstron support account invited me to send them my guide logs so they could have a look and make recommendations on how to improve guiding! They sent me a few suggestions which I will try next time it’s clear. That’s pretty good customer support. It also works at very low temperatures. The second night it got down to -30C and I had no problems with the mount, my rotator didn’t work at that point. My AM5 requires auxiliary heating if I want to image at that temperature. I highly recommend this mount if you’re looking at an AM5 or similar strain wave mount. It’s a bit more but as someone who has used both, I’d say it’s worth the extra money. The direct drive has almost zero dec backlash. That’s definitely not the case with my AM5.

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Robert Babb
So far so good

First impressions are that this is a great mount. So much smaller and lighter than my old anchor of a mount the EQ-6 Pro it's replacing. I have not gotten that far yet in getting it to where it needs to be but have mated it to my old EQ-6 tripod. I also mounted my bare bones OTA an ES-127, and have downloaded the drivers and gotten it to slew using NINA. I now have to check the firmware and update that if necessary, depends on the production date and how long it was stored at the dealer, which perhaps is a service the dealer could offer before shipping them out, some folks have trouble with those things. I'll maybe update this review if that's possible later when I get all the bells and whistles operating under a clear sky.