About

Gender

Male


Location

Cranberry Twp, PA


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I look forward to building my own one day, but due to convenience I will most likely be starting out with something ready to fly out of the box. My wife and I own a portraiture photography business and I would like to expand into Ariel stills and video for folks. Just looking for something to attach this GP4BLK to.


Hometown:

Pittsburgh


Activity Feed

Art Stroud Jr. replied to Craig P.'s discussion No Video or Connection Between Solo Gimbal & GoPro Hero3+ Silver. in 3DR SOLO
"I have this same issue with the 4BLK. It seems to work if I power on the gopro before completing the gimbal connections. Otherwise I receive firmware needs updated message. The last time I tried flying with gimbal, I received the firmware message…"
Oct 3, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. replied to Art Stroud Jr.'s discussion Solo #2 - First Flight in 3DR SOLO
"0 for 2, even if my 3rd one functions as advertised still 66% fail rate according to my test, I'm pretty sure that would qualify for whatever is after 'A lot'.

 I would like to see how many have been release to consumers to this point.  as I know a…"
Jul 20, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. replied to Art Stroud Jr.'s discussion Solo #2 - First Flight in 3DR SOLO
"I have already taken back for the retailer to RMA.  I did take it apart and put it all back together and was able to get it back to it's original physical state, minus the 3 broken props.  This allowed me to reinsert the battery and power it up…"
Jul 20, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. replied to Art Stroud Jr.'s discussion Solo #2 - First Flight in 3DR SOLO
"I will be on my 3rd one shortly, there are folks with fully functional Solo's, my neighbor was lucky enough to get one, I am on a quest. I early adopt many technologies often before they are released, my primary career is in R&D of emerging tech for…"
Jul 20, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. posted a discussion in 3DR SOLO
After spending many hours troubleshooting and waiting days for responses from support I finally took back my first Solo the was eventually deemed defective by 3DR for a number of issues. It took another 2.5hrs at the retailer to perform the exchange…
Jul 17, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. replied to RPM's discussion Solo smart battery % at end of flight in 3DR SOLO
"I read either on the 3dr site or in the manual that at 5% RTH is initiated as long as it is fly under GPS lock. I typically start bringing it in at 25% and pop in another battery. I haven't been in a situation where time was an issue push it any…"
Jul 9, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. replied to Eric Compas's discussion Lost video feed after 1.0.5 update in 3DR SOLO
"Live view worked a few times after the update for me although it has been intermittent out of the box and often have to restart everything  to get live view to start working again. (GoPro 4blk and 3h+).  Then 2 days ago I landed solo from a short…"
Jul 7, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. replied to Mark Parker's discussion Has anyone been successful in getting 3DR to honor their money back guarantee? in 3DR SOLO
"Wow, I know at this point my chances are slim.  I am a seasoned early adopter myself and I have seen this many of times over the years from highly respected tech companies in many different sectors.  We can only hope that Chris Anderson, Jordi Munoz…"
Jul 7, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. replied to Mark Parker's discussion Has anyone been successful in getting 3DR to honor their money back guarantee? in 3DR SOLO
"I reached out to them yesterday requesting an exchange and haven't heard back yet.  I'm grounded and in need of a replacement for the weekend...  I bought my at a BB but had to drive 2hrs to pick up. I plan to check with my local BB to see if they…"
Jul 7, 2015
Art Stroud Jr. replied to Eric Sheehan's discussion Less the Gimbal in 3DR SOLO
"Without gimbal I manually power on GoPro and start recording pre-flight. Then manually stop recording once I have landed.  The entire flight is recorded and stored on the SDcard."
Jun 28, 2015