Originally Posted by TJExcalibur   I am just setting up my dish with the Jaeger 1224 motor. As I want to keep my dish as low as possible I was wondering if removing the offset flanges (blue) are required. Can just the adaptor plate (red) be used on its own. This would mean my motor is set more horizontal and the dish lower from the bedroom window.
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The angle of the motor is the most essential part of tracking the arc, this must be at the correct angle. In your case approx 39deg from horizontal, (90deg - 51deg for bournemouth.)
How you mount the dish to the motor, to get the correct dish angle is up to you and the brackets/ facilities you have.
Not in order to keep the dish lower, but because I dont like overhanging loads, I shortened the bottom bracket of my 1224 and redrilled the mounting hole. There is a limit to how much you can shorten it and still clear the motor as it turns.
Looking at your pic., I don't think that this will give you what you want, but you could make/get made some triangular shaped plates that would lower the dish and not need the top linking brackets.