My solo flipped and destroyed the propellers on my first attempt at flying it. Contacted solo .they wanted my logs I sent them 3 times and have been waiting for days to hear from someone at solo. After paying $1500.00 for the solo, I'm starting to get a little p'd. Can anyone tell me what to do?w
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@Darius
Sure thing, I was responding to the questions/comments regarding the compass calibration and possibly assuming that it could be a cause for the flipping issue and not detecting landing. I never said it could be used in detecting a landing acceleration. Really just stating that this sensor and its calibration is highly unlikely linked to my problem.
Cheers,
@Scott,
thank for your clarification.
landing acceleration vs. accelerated landing ?
Tell me if Solo can autocalibrate compass against GPS the North heading ?
I would really love APM PRO and other DronePilots to come
with autocalibration pre-flight standard
Joysticks can be autocalibrated either on the ground.
I agree, most definitely wait for 3DR to respond. Please keep us updated.
@Scott,
could you attach log files to let us study your case ?
Is your Solo controlled by Pixhawk Pro and AutoPilot Pro version ?
Darius that question shows that you are not qualified to troubleshoot our system.
I am just building Knowledge Database
for 100+ drone unusual incidents, crash cases and 100+ for correctly commanded drones, made of log file analysis.
All I need to know if firmware comes with an old FSF GNU licence to read (as below).
No warranty ... to fit for any purpose...
or Not fir for any purpose - licence
has been removed from
Firmware PRO
My question is for real under previous legislation by FAA on personal drone aircraft registration
and pending Senate legislation on the testing and certification of
commercial drones.
I would like to know (get assured) if ArduPilot , ArduDrone can get ever certified
by FAA, featuring:
Not fit for any pupose licence for software firmware.
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/*
24 state EKF based on work by Paul Riseborough
Converted from Matlab to C++ by Andrew Tridgell
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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#include <AP_Math.h>
class Kalman24
{
public:
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Kalman24() {}
void CovariancePrediction(Vector3f deltaAngle,
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bool onGround);
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I have never had this issue with a quad i built with limited experience and been flying it for a full year ! I refuse to believe that this is an actual issue with a commercial quality drone.. This is an issue with people who buy them who do not read enough and research the technology and requirements. Do some homework...
I agree with Tony, but to an extent. I would say Tony you got lucky if you built a quad and it flew with no issues for a year. I have an MS in engineering and I'm a full scale flight test professional however, it took me 3+ months to get a DIY quad in the air, and another 2 months of development to make it do something useful more than a couple times. Granted I tried to do everything the right way and put a lot of time and research into every single part I bought, but even then there are always little bugs. I'm also still standing on the shoulders of the folks who developed both the autopilot software AND the hardware. There are also inherently more risks in going the DIY route since you have to research each component which introduces more human error into the equation.
It seems like 3DR is doing everything they can to help Jack out, great to hear there is great customer service coming from that company. When doing trade studies on components for my own setup I had a column for customer service/support as a pivot. Why? Because when you invest as much time and money as we all have into something you care about you want to make sure someone is going to care WHEN it malfunctions. For all intents and purposes, this guy did do his homework. He researched and bought a 3DR Solo, and here, in this forum he found people that cared about his issue with it. And he is getting taken care of by 3DR.
Everyone is so tied up in understanding the difference between DIY and commercial products instead of realizing we are all trying to accomplish roughly the same goal.
My DIY quad is a collection of commercially bought products. I had to research them all. Jack bought a commercially built quad. He researched that product and found others had a couple minor issues which the manufacturer has fixed. I think we should mark this as {SOLVED}.
Yes i totally agree with you. And to add, i also took my time and build my quad within 2-3 months after reading forums for months and months. But i would not say he did his homework. There has to be more passion than just write on a forum and contact 3DR. Like with anything else i personally do. I have alot of other hobbies. From guns to motorcycles and photography, scuba diving. I never just grab stuff and expect it to just WORK. Thats just me though.
The term RTFM comes to mind :-)
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