OK, been trying to figure out how best to view live feed from Solo in the sun. Tried Nexus 7 way dim, Tab Pro 8.4 also dim, Tab S 8.4 - still not bright enough. Then found this on Amazon:
Search Amazon for Anbee® DJI Inspire 1 FPV Monitor Sunshade. $1
Read more…I was out on my deck, taking off from the yard, flying around, landing, no problems whatsoever. Two or 3 short flights. I took off again. I climbed to about 25 feet, the Solo started to wobble badly, so I corrected it, preparing to bring it down for
Read more…Hi all,
What sort of video latency (ballpark) are people seeing with the Solo and viewing the GoPro through the app? I'm seeing anywhere from 1-3 seconds, depending on how far out I'm flying.
Thanks,
Kelly
Read more…Has anyone tried using the Tower App with their Solo?
If so, how did you get it working (how did you connect to the Solo)?
UPDATE:
Per Brad's comment below. Here are the steps.
OK, so I don't really need another quad, but they had them in stock at Best Buy and having a long history with 3DR products, I couldn't resist.
Thoughts:
Just got my Solo today, woo hoo! That's where the good news stops, ha ha.
I start to go through the process of updating and the Solo boots up and gives me the correct color lights. The remote says preflight update required and is on. But no WiFi is
Read more…Went to Best Buy to get extra batteries today. Huge struggle.The first guy I spoke to didn't think they carried the Solo. He'd never heard of it. The second guy took me over to their "drone section" which had the Solo kiosk already set up. He said he
Read more…Does anyone in this group, already in possession of a Solo, have a camera with HDMI out, other than a GoPro that they can test with the FPV system?
Read more…I'm trying to figure out how to get into my Solo to run any of the dronekit python scripts and try to actually run custom code on the much ballyhooed drone with a 1ghz linux computer inside it.
I've put my laptop on the wifi network generated by Solo,
Read more…Received Solo last week, had to wait for Saturday for the Solo app for Andriod be to be released.
Mounted GoPro per instructions and inverted video.
Downloaded app and performed update per instructions. Took 10 or 15 minutes to complete the process.
T
Read more…First scare today with Solo.
Flying about 400 feet away 150 feet up 3DR Solo lost connection. App on Android crashed as well. Solo initiates return when this happens. Listen for series of beeps around 19 second mark. Control regained at about 38 sec.
Read more…So I got my solo on Monday and waited till Wednesday to download the app. I updated the software and went through all of the training and was ready to fly when I got a compass error on the controller. I calibrated the compass with success, and then I
Read more…They already have American registration numbers, N665NZ and N666NZ. First test flights at our practice field went well 6-6 in 15 knot wind gusting 25.
Plan is to test them for survey, inspection and search work under our commercial FAA Section 333 exe
Read more…Can anyone recommend a good Android based device to use with Solo? I want to use the capabilities of Tower, in addition to the iOS based 3DR Solo App. As far as device is concerned, the operation of the Solo is the only thing I would do with it, so
Read more…In the course of the last few months, have read, and seen reference in Solo trade show videos about an App-based flight simulator. I don't see any reference to that feature in the released documentation or from the lucky people who have received thei
Read more…Solo waiting on GPS for hours. Never able to lock on so no flying. Solo requires GPS signal to fly even when in the Android app under advanced you set "Enable Advanced Flight Modes" which supposedly allows "fly without GPS."
I have done a factory res
Read more…The solo batter uses an proprietary plug and charger. Does anybody know if 3DR will sell an adapter so I can charge 3 batteries at once with my RC chargers and Efuel DC power supply?
Thanks
Read more…Has anyone seen any more information on the solo app. I have not seen it in the app store(iOS) yet and theoretically they are shipping the solo now.
They discuss the app on the 3DR site but I would like to install it and see what it looks like and se
Read more…Does the Solo App support functions of abitrary flight path? Re: multiple way points, (more than 2) used in the Cable option? Better said, does the Solo App include capabilities of the Mission Planner and other apps used to pre-program flight path be
Read more…Hi,
Does anyone know yet whether the Solo will be compatible with Mission Planner out of the box?
I would prefer to purchase a Solo instead of an X8+ but will require an ability to upload Mission Planner missions later this summer.
Thanks,
Rob
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