I am getting closer to trying the meridian flip features of SGP and have a question about balancing my mount. Standard practice is to have the mount balance loaded to the east for tracking performance. I do this with my CGE Pro, but now I was wondering what to do for meridian flips that are automated. Should I just get it as balanced as possible? That seems to be the only logical approach. My mount does have spring loaded worm assembles, so maybe that makes the off-balance unnecessary?
As long as your mount isn’t grossly out of balance it shouldn’t make much
difference as far as the meridian flip is concerned. With my G11 I
carefully balance the mount and then slightly off-balance it by moving
the counterweight out a little bit, and also off-balance in DEC just a
little bit. This assures that no matter which side the scope is on the RA
teeth are engaged. I don’t know how a CGE compares but I’m guessing it’s
similar.
As long as your mount isn’t grossly out of balance it shouldn’t make much
difference as far as the meridian flip is concerned. With my G11 I
carefully balance the mount and then slightly off-balance it by moving
the counterweight out a little bit, and also off-balance in DEC just a
little bit. This assures that no matter which side the scope is on the RA
teeth are engaged. I don’t know how a CGE compares but I’m guessing it’s
similar.