[E_ri_k (Erik)]

Hey guys, I just got a new HEQ5 GOTO, and just wondering if this if normal. When I slew it you can hear the motors speed up, and then when it's going, you can hardly hear them at all, just a high pitch whine, which is fine I think. But when I let go of the button, and the motors slow back down, the sound is like "loose gears" and a bit rattly or something, just before it comes to a stop? It's worst in the RA, DEC isn't too bad.

Is that just the way they sound?

I was polar aligning last night, and the star was drifting East very fast, after about 5 minutes it had moved half way across the eyepiece? I figure the mount is tracking too fast. Is there maybe some setting I may have missed, or should I be concerned about it?

Erik