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.

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

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