tbhausen Agreed! I set mine up in the yard and it'll do the same thing, jump up when i get near but very quickly settle back down to 1.5-0.8 consistently . I have the weight maxed out too with a red cat 51, eaf, asiair, battery pack, asi533mc, guide scope and wifi extender. Awesome little mount for the price and basically maxing its payload and getting perfect circle stars. I really love the ASIAIR Polar align feature, its been a game changer.