"I was THIS close to pulling the trigger on a Phantom 3 but somehow found out about the Solo and that it used GoPro cameras and it was compatible with the 3+ Silver up.

As luck would have it I had a 3+ given to me last Christmas that I didn't want…"

"I have gotten 20 minutes of flight time but the only way for it to get up to 55 is by falling out of the sky.  I would guess the fastest I can get mine to fly horizontally is about 40mph.  That's just a guess though I haven't measured it."

"4.  I think that is corrects based on how I read the manual.
1.  From my experience with 3DR support, they will say it is your fault for flying too close to objects (trees).
I had to replace a motor because mine started veering towards my trees and…"

"You're an IT Manager and you bought an ASUS device???

Sorry couldn't pass that up.  I have no help for you at all."

"Ohhhh.  I thought when I read connect using UDB connection it was just a typo.

I've never heard of UDB.

So is it as easy as clicking the "Download DataFlash Log Via Mavlink" button once you're connected to Sololink or do you have to do some…"

"Looks like a motor.  I took off #4 and Solo powers fine.  Nothing looks wrong with it.

Haven't heard back from Solo since posting this.  Guess I'll try to call tomorrow."

"I brand spanken' new to this wonderful drone world and still getting a handle on the type of people in it and on these forums.  So forgive me if my useless opinions step on toes.  That's not the intent.

When I go to an industry show for my work…"

"I'm guessing the latter part of your post was aimed at me.
I'm just chiming in with useless opinion.  So not sure why the animosity."

"I'm sure its very frustrating for those who were HOPING that they'd have the Solo with gimbal by now...especially if they've planned some work around it.

However, I can't imaging those frustrations can be too substantiated.

Being the tech sector…"