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When moving the axes in gantry a gantry difference would accumulate over time. This would ultimately lead to a parasitic pitch. Each axis would move in-sync pretty well, but it might give up moving before it actually reached a final target, and each drive would give up on its own. This lead to a gantry error that would vary between +/- 100um10um. Not very good for pointing to 30nrad!
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