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RE: Help Re:floatation

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Posted by Robert May on October 5, 2000 16:15:14 UTC

You will have no problems with the 3 point mount on a 6:1 mirror. You might want to find the PLOP program on the web and play around with it. Consider a 1/50th wave as a point to go to a higher number of mounting points for a perfect mount and 1/25th wave for a decent mount and you will see how thin a mirror can become before you have to upgrade the points of support.

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