Using az gti mount manual control

[CHRlS]

Hi, 

Until I've decided on which manual mount I'm going to buy, I'll be using my az gti mount as a quick grab and go mount. By slacking off the clutches and manually moving the scope around, will this damage the mount in any way? The altitude seems to really smooth but the azimuth seems a bit tougher to move.

Thanks.

[Zermelo]

It is designed to allow for this kind of operation.

It was discussed in this recent thread about something else:

 

[happy-kat]

if you are intending to use a mix of goto and freedom find (manual moving the mount) then after connecting the mount in the synscan app go to settings and turn on dual encoders, that's needed if wanting the mount to keep track of when you move it to by hand when both clutches are loose