S4 Rev as followspot?

i dont understand why you would do this if you want a dmx controled folowspot the cheep option would be to get your hands on a cyberlite (500$u.s) and put it on a spotlite yolk it fits perfectly. dmx control of color, shutter, and rotating gobos also it is a 1200w light source.

i dont understand why you would do this if you want a dmx controled folowspot the cheep option would be to get your hands on a cyberlite (500$u.s) and put it on a spotlite yolk it fits perfectly. dmx control of color, shutter, and rotating gobos also it is a 1200w light source.

Thanks all for your replies.

The pan and tilt motors have been disconnected (not the belts), and I am going to test them once my Vista gets here on Friday.

Why do I want to do this?
A musical is going into a thrust theatre and I don't want the look of typical followpots like in our proscenium. I love the look of just using a S4 as a followspot, lamped up to 750, with a handle, iris, and color boomerang. We own the fixtures, so it doesn't cost me anything like buying a Cyberlight would. And to boot, one of the Revs is having a problem holding it's tilt position (but that's another issue I'm working on). I would only use them as re-programmable specials, so I might as well have an operator do the following rather than spending the time in programming.

–Kirk