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Rich McCabe replied to Nick's discussion Is there a Solo vs Inspire 1 comparison? in 3DR SOLO
"90 days? 

How about 30 days."
Aug 11, 2015
Rich McCabe replied to Nick's discussion Is there a Solo vs Inspire 1 comparison? in 3DR SOLO
"What you says is true except the the smart shots only half work as the gimbal does not tilt and the footage from the Solo is totally unusable without the gimbal. So no real value to smart shots.  The ease in and out that Colin talks about does not…"
Aug 7, 2015
Rich McCabe replied to Nick's discussion Is there a Solo vs Inspire 1 comparison? in 3DR SOLO
"You are correct. Can't compare something that's not complete with something that is. 

The 3DR guys say it has cable cam, missions, orbit, etc and the P3 doesn't.  Well as far as I am concerned until the Solo has a working gimbal it doesn't have any…"
Aug 6, 2015
Rich McCabe replied to Nick's discussion Is there a Solo vs Inspire 1 comparison? in 3DR SOLO
"Craig I agree you are buying "faith" and admit I returned my solo as I was not happy with it. However I think you are lowering it to a level undeserving. It has the potential to really to do things with shots the inspire can't. That said I don't…"
Aug 4, 2015
Rich McCabe replied to Nick's discussion Is there a Solo vs Inspire 1 comparison? in 3DR SOLO
"Well few more things to add. DJI support sucks. 3DR will be much better.

3DR interface is not very refined and not nearly as nice as the DJI stuff. Tower app for missions has some bugs with Solo as well. 

My biggest concern with 3DR is how slow…"
Aug 4, 2015
Rich McCabe replied to Nick's discussion Is there a Solo vs Inspire 1 comparison? in 3DR SOLO
"Not sure how you come up with 1/3 the cost?  The Solo/gimbal is $1400 plus the camera. A Hero 4 black is over $400.  So you are in the $1800 range with the Solo

The Inspire is $2899.  Sure that's $1000 more but long way from 3 times the cost.

I…"
Aug 4, 2015
Rich McCabe replied to Rich McCabe's discussion Solo with Tower (speed issue) in 3DR SOLO
"Ran another mission and set another speed point after the next waypoint and it worked.

So with mine if I set my speed point too early it totally ignores it. It did not even kick in a few waypoints later.

Thanks for the link."
Jul 16, 2015
Rich McCabe replied to Rich McCabe's discussion Solo with Tower (speed issue) in 3DR SOLO
"Randy I am new to tower. So all I am doing is adding an extra waypoint "#2" and after the rest of my waypoints are complete, going back and clicking on the waypoint and in top right menu I am changing it to speed and setting it to 3 f/s. But it…"
Jul 15, 2015
Rich McCabe posted a discussion in 3DR SOLO
I don't know if I have an hardware/software issue or just don't understand how Tower works.Was trying to do a slow mission with tower with a dozen waypoints, a circle and one ROI.I changed my waypoint #2 to 3 f/s which I thought should set the speed…
Jul 15, 2015
Rich McCabe replied to Ken Nelson's discussion 3DR Solo - Controller Sun Shield in 3DR SOLO
"I have the Tab S 8.4 and bought the Anbee DJI Inspire sunshade however it was about 1/2" too narrow to fit. 

So you bought the largest one and cut it down?"
Jul 14, 2015