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Need help with using Motor drive on Celestron 130EQ


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Hi,

I have a Motor drive for the 130EQ and when I attach and switch it on it drives the RA axis. But once its attached its very difficult to move the OTA in the RA axis manually. Am I missing something? Is there a way to easily couple & decouple the motor so the OTA can be moved manually?

Is there someone who uses one of these motors who can help me pls.

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On 30/05/2020 at 15:56, Geoff Lister said:

With mine, the only way that I have found is to slacken the motor's little thumb screw that links the drive onto the flat of the RA axis manual driveshaft. The setup is not "user friendly"!

Geoff

Definitely not user friendly. And there are positions when it gets in the way of movement of the OTA :-(

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