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• Chris April 14, 2016 at 4:47pm

  Hi,

  Does anyone have any idea when the Solo SDK will be updated to allow custom camera controls?  The Solo SDK page has said it is on the way for some time.  Surely it cant be that hard to get the gimbal and camera control to honor the DO_DIGICAM_CONTROL mavlink message and get it to take a picture on each of those messages.  That way we can start doing some stuff in dronekit and trying things.  Until then it great we can program up complex actions but unless we do this it has limited applications at present.

  I understand it would mean that mapping could happen on the current platform (instead of having to go backwards and use an intervalometer).  I've always been in 3DR's corner but it seems like they are deliberately making stuff harder to help sell the next item - which is way to high a price when a cheaper item can do it if they allowed the software to do it.  This change would have been been simple to do from day one and cost them a few days of development and testing at most - heck some of that time while they were waiting for the gimbals could have been used on this.

  Chris A if you read this can you provide an update on when the SDK will be updated to allow us to trigger images.  Best if it listened to DO_DIGICAM_CONTROL mavlink messages to make it easy.

  Having said the above I love my Solo, very stable platform even in windy conditions and the gimbal equals if not better than my gimbals on my other ones.  Good solid product, would be excellent if I could move forwards in this area rather than going back to what I did years ago......

  Chris
• DG April 7, 2016 at 9:44am

  I missed out on the 20% off deal for Solo due to unforeseen expenses elsewhere, so no Solo to fly this year. :(
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  Erik Graham February 24, 2016 at 9:16am

  @DG.  A lot of folks I know have tried them and love them.  They claim it helps reduce vibration.  Personally, I don't use them. I'm just very careful about managing the cables when I install a gimbal.
• DG February 23, 2016 at 6:10pm

  Has anyone tried those flexible gimbal cables on their Solo? Do they work?

  http://www.relish3d.com/solo-ultra-thin-micro-hdmi-flat-ribbon-cable/
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  Erik Graham February 18, 2016 at 8:48pm

  The simulator is finally out. Pretty limited, but I imagine they will add to it over time.
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  Nelson Joseph December 24, 2015 at 6:55am

  Hey guys 

  Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas (Happy Holidays )

  and the best in 2016
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  MarioSpeedwagon November 27, 2015 at 8:51pm

  Does anyone know if the solo gimbal works with go Pro knockoffs (like the sjcam)?
• DG November 17, 2015 at 6:45pm

  Thank you Ahmed, it works. Thank you 3DR for responding in a timely manner. Now to get the gimbal hooked up!
• DG November 17, 2015 at 8:19am

  Vu Tran,

    Do you have any updates on this updating issue? More people are reporting the same problem, and it seems to be an Android issue.
• DG November 16, 2015 at 10:23am

  There are others having the same problem.

  http://www.3drpilots.com/threads/stuck-in-preflight-update.2987/

  This time I've been waiting for over 20 minutes. There is no response from the controller or Solo.