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At the left is the unpacked and assembled scope.
The entire scope, when disassembled, fits into a 9" x 9.75" x 11" box and is small enough to store under an airline seat. All parts are contained in the box, including the two compression struts, with enough room remaining for a few eyepieces.
This scope was designed to have very few parts requiring assembly. The focuser, the two compression struts, and the kydex baffle are the only loose parts which need to be attached.
A sequence of photos showing the unpacking and assembly, can be seen below. Assembly takes less than 5 minutes.
Here the scope is shown packed in its box. The 10x50 binoculars are for scale. The bottom of the box serves as the rocker for the scope.
With the top of the box removed, all the packed components can be seen. The rocker base is between mirror box and rocker.
With the mirror box removed, the rocker base is revealed.
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