Recent content by nikono

The idea is at the end of the short video.

When Best Buy started the fire sale on the Solo around Thanksgiving 2016, I jumped in. At first, it's a fantastic feeling seeing the drone hover like it's hung by an invisible rope in the air, selfies, follow me, and then the wide angle scenic videos by gopro 4S and 4B then everything got...

great-deal-getting-more-expensive $300 Solo $ 50 Backpack $100 Three Solo batteries $ 40 Spare Gimbal $250 GoPro Hero 4 Black $ 50 GoPro dual charger $ 75 Micro SD card $ 80 GPS upgrade $105 Tablet $1,050 Total $5 FAA registration $1,055 New Total Is there a penalty for failing to register...

I think it's dangerous to fly a drone with a battery that's been used 100s of times. Old, heavily used rechargeable battery may discharge so quickly at 20% level or any other low level to crash the drobe before it can reach home. For that reason, I've been using a permanent marker to keep count...

Why "Some of these stock props are crazy out of balance (at the hub anyway)"? a or b? a. 3DR might be still manufacturing the Solo with their remaining plastic stock and produced bad props. The props that I had, all of them balanced. b. Bad balancer. Compare your balancer to a ball point pen...

When Best Buy's broker. o_O"Inve$ting" in $olo:rolleyes: I have more $olo$$$ and gimbal$$$$$ and batterie$$$$$$$$$ and prop$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and backpack$$ and GoPro$$$ than I need :cool: I have a $pare to go on flying when one of them crashe$ :) When the batterie$$$$$$$$$ don't hold charge...

1. Solo is not $300 drone. It needs a GoPro 4S/B to be complete. 2. Flying Solo is nice. I can drink a cup of coffee while it hovers.

Rev A & Rev B == plAceBo effect. Next, try placing Solo facing N, E, S, W, NW, SW, SE, NE to observe the speed of GPS lock.

If you stocked up battery for the Solo, you may want to stock up a spare battery for the controller, too.

"The original box for the tablet or the smart phone can be used as sunshade for free." -McGyver PS: Use your Swiss Army knife well.

You can easily check the prop's balance with a ballpoint pen.

Mother: "Give me the ball." Child: "Gimball?"

Buying a Solo drone to put in it a cheap camera is like buying a Cadillac SUV to haul dirt and mud. It's the video quality that's most important when owning a smart drone. GoPro 4S or 4B is what's best for Solo; your money for it will be well spent.