Rewind and Return to Me
With the press of a button, Solo will retrace its exact path for the last 60 feet of your flight (this distance will be user-definable in the app) to ensure it avoids obstacles on its way back home. And with the new “return to me” feature, Solo will come home to wherever you stand with your controller and mobile device.
Meet the new Smart Shots — Zipline and Pano
Zipline + Spot Lock
Set an infinite cable in any direction, just by pushing a button. Fly up and down this line, controlling speed and direction as well as the camera. Zipline also has a “spot lock” feature, which works like an Orbit point of focus, but instead of flying in a circle you’re flying in a straight line. Set your zipline, look at something, press spot lock and Solo keeps the camera fixed on it while Solo passes, for a dramatic flyby.
Pano
The perfect aerial panorama. Set up your shot, and Solo automatically pans and snaps the right photos at the right time, for cylindrical, spherical (“little world”) or video panos.
Augmented Reality
The Solo app will overlay visuals in real time on your mobile screen. You can see your home point, or make sure your Orbit point of focus is exactly where you want it to be before you fly your Smart Shot.
Custom Geofencing
Define a virtual fence around Solo at any time in flight. You create this virtual “safety net” by setting four points on your satellite view, which creates an area around Solo that the drone can’t leave. Set your fence before taking off, or set and adjust its location while flying, allowing you to easily block off nearby obstacles or entire areas at any time.
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It's not just 1 year this has been going on Marc, this is the *exact* issue that I used to argue with... what's his name... on RCG about the "5 minute GPS Warm-up" about. This was a known issue a long time ago. Never should have happened to Solo.
So how can people get the corrected GPS board? The last thing I tried to use the Solo for, it couldn't get a GPS lock at all, and I was in a remote location, definitely not close to any buildings or radio interference.
This has nothing to do with m8n vs 7N etc... In fact a generic m8n will not perform as well as the 3DR Rev B module.
The 3DR team did a great job with the Rev B module, it tunes the antenna for its position in Solo, it has a significantly improved RF filtering and amplification section, it has shielding over the critical RF section, and adds a RF shield layer that significantly out performs the old copper shield.
Again, for Solo only... The M8N is not any better than the 7N due to the needed wideband antenna on the M8N for GLONASS. That's a long and complex issue for another thread.
The correct GPS for Solo is the Rev B
Thanks for finally getting an answer out.
Now that you have also clarified that only bug fixes will be coming in the future, and that iOS is now the primary platform, how about some pressure on Berkeley to release the Andtoid code as open source, and see if the community takes up the challenge to continue Android development.
This is clearly in the long term interest of Solo customers, and 3DR as well.
As far as the GPS Rob, have a look on the Solo Facebook page. 3DR released an amazing new GPS and shield system that fixes all the GPS issues that have plagued Solo from day 1.
3DR have promised an answer on how people can get support on this matter.
The frustrating thing here is that Solo is an awesome platform, and that there are solutions that have been worked out by the awesome engineering team for all the known issues, so I continue to be amazed that these are taking so long to be shown to the customers.
But again, it's great that 3DR are willing to be flexible and adjust their directions according to customers needs.
Thanks Vu
Hi Rob, we will be releasing Solo Android 2.4 in a few weeks. It will have the Zip, Pano, Return to Me, and Return and Hover. Unfortunately, we're not planning to have AR or Geofence, those features will only be on iOS. As always, all bugs and issues will continue to be addressed ASAP.
Hi Chris, can you please give a clear and firm statement on the status of Android support in the future? I bought a Solo with my own hard earned money just a couple months ago, and it appears already that my operating system of choice is no longer supported. I'm starting to seriously think of doing a charge-back. The GPS performance is bad enough as it is it's almost unusable, this is the final straw.
Looks promising, curious to see real life videos of these features.
Hi Chris,
Good release, however we understand that due to a staffing issue you were not able to deliver on the Android release but it would be great if you had a rough timeline (1 month, 1 week, 3 months,etc). I hope this also reminds you why having just one person across a key area is not a good business practice. I've seen many businesses almost go bust because a key persons leaves at the wrong time, not saying that in this instance but it sure seems like others were not across it.
I'd be curious to see the 'active' users list of both apps (not just downloaded but those that use it), I'm guessing that android makes up a bigger share of your users.
I noticed that Colin in the webinars has said a release mid June and another 2 weeks later, is the two weeks later release the Android version? Or is there another release planned in 2 weeks for IOS?
I noticed that MPCC was fixed in the latest firmware update which is great, it's my most used smartshot and was disappointed when it broke in the previous release so good work on getting it fixed quickly. I'd really like to use the zipline though, but I'll be trying some ROI and waypoints in Tower to get the same effect, hopefully that will work.
Also rewind seems to work since it's a firmware update item. Havent tried RTH with it since testing rewind, will so when the weather clears up.
So far 3DR support team was super responsive and helpful in all cases for me. I know that very well because I own an e-shop and I sell drones (from 3 different manufacturers). I don't agree with you Gary on that.
But that thins with Android version delay makes people unhappy for sure. Myself included. Would like to get an answer some kind.
Solo and Controller updated.....Just waiting for the Android App to be updated....cant wait to get in the air!
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