Changing the way its mounted

[sinbad40]

Happy Christmas everyone.

So Santa has left a Lodmandy plate, as i want to mount my scopes side by side instead of stacked on top of each other.  With the EQ6r pro, is it simply a matter of undoing the clutch and rotating 90 degrees, or would the head need to be taken off and resat?  I think its the first option as the mount would still think its pointing at polaris, but would prefer those in the know to point me in the right direction.

 

Thanks for any responses. 

[tomato]

When I did this I rotated the mount 90 degrees then reset the park position. I synced the mount on a star and was good to go. Certainly no need to take the mount apart. You should see a definite improvement in mount stability by going side by side.👍

[sinbad40]

Thank you for the quick response, I can go and make a start while its not raining

[tomato]

Sorry if you are already aware of this, but with a side by side rig you will need to balance it in all three axes. Here is the how to I used, just scroll down until you reach the section on balancing the rig.

http://www.wilmslowastro.com/tips/g11gemini.htm#balancing