Heq5 pro-manual operation?

[Demon Barber]

Hi All Probably a daft question but can you manually operate said mount in the absence of power? Have removed rubber gromets in each axis to reveal large one flat connectors to large for my Vixen slo-mo knobs,are flexi controls available or is this a diy jobbie?

Regard

Mike

[Merlin66]

No, generally,(like always!), the HEQ5 is a "powered" mounting. Yes you can slip the clutches, but that doesn't count.....

I suppose with a bit Heath Robinson fix you may be able to fit some sort of hand control cable....but why would you bother??? - a challenge?

Ken

[Demon Barber]

Hi Ken ,just curious, plus less noise for the folks next door to winge about,that said the take off`s are there for a reason!

Cheers

Mike

[Astro_Baby]

You could engineer somethng that goes over the ends of the worm gears (the bits showeing under the rubber caps). You'd needa lot of turns to make the mount move I suspect cos its quite highly geared.

[Demon Barber]

Hi Astro_ Baby "worm gears" thats the name of the bits i woefully described, i have a very limited skyview and sometimes sit at me patio door but my Vixen Portamount just protests at my w/o flt110`s weight be good if i could use my theheq5pro without the full set up,i will have a word with my local eng co got to be worth a tenner i could utilise my exisisting slomo`s with an extension a bit like a socket set reducer,food for thought anyway,thanks and

Regards

Mike