Sam Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Well, finally got my HEQ5 mount from FLO - thanks Steve - and it's brilliant! I managed to get it together quite easily and certainly the posts in this forum have helped! Balancing is a bit tricky as my telescope is quite heavy - might have to buy a longer counter balance pole. I wasn't quite sure what power is used to drive the motors - so after seeing I would need eight batteries I decided to get a little power pack that puts out 12V. True to form now that I have the power sorted and the scope on the mount its raining and it doesn't look like it's clearing anytime soon - not to worry the power pack is supposed to take 36 hours for it's first charge.The telescope and the mount are very heavy to try and move - so any ideas on how to move and set things up would be hugely appreciated. Notwithstanding the lack of power I took it out last night for a wee play and was very impressed by the stability and smooth motion. I even had a rough go at lining it up - still not really sure what I'm doing. The things I found tricky was getting my head around moving the scope in Dec and RA and what that actually means.Overall - very impressed and very happy - one step further along the road to get into imaging.Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stardust Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I've got a heavy scope on mine 11 or 13 kgs can't remember now and bought an extra weight before I realised you could get a longer bar which would probably have been the better option. Less to lug around if nothing else. It does make for one solid rig .DAve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proflight2000 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 yes get that longer bar, it is an excellent idea and allows much better weight distribution. I can now balance the skywatcher 200, with a skywatcher 102 and a canon 350D balanced on it, all with the bar and yes 1 yes 1 weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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