Recent content by Paco103

Yeah, I've found them. At $25 for a plug, I consider that "unavailable". I've also found them at reasonable prices for order quanity >1000 which I've thought about buying and parting out on ebay, but after listing fees and shipping it's still not that great. For me, I have 5 batteries and...

The data could be handled, but the connector used is proprietary and hard to come by for a good price. I do think it would not be hard to gut a solo battery if they go bad and replace the cells. If you have a good method for connecting to the proprietary plugs, building the data adapter in an...

@Pedals2Paddles Thanks, Tower App did exactly what I wanted. I am working with an after school high school program. The tower app gave me pause and home buttons right on the bottom of the screen to give me a little piece of mind while giving kids a chance. They did well and want to learn how...

If I want to teach someone to fly, what is a good way to maintain the ability to take over if they get in to trouble? I realize they're not terribly difficult with all the self stabilizing, but a part of it is trust as well, especially when working with kids. Traditional RC controllers have a...

Nearly everything on the Solo is also open source or modular anyway, so you're not as tied into their replacement products. There are motors, props, most of the electronics, all available. Even the batteries could be hacked, they're just a standard 4S LIPO battery with integrated management...

Last I checked the deal has either the backpack + gimbal or 2 gimbals and a battery. Props are gone, batteries are in-store only. THat's +1 gimbal from what it was before lunch today.

So I'm curious about what you do in the UAS4 STEM challenge. I looked on the website and I don't really see how they're competing. It looks like every team builds the same pre-packaged kit, and then one kid will fly it while a couple others look at the video feed? I'm really not trying to put...

Competition? I'm going to have to look into that. I'll get my part 107 if I have to. Looks like I also need that technically to fly for the fire department, even as a volunteer, based on how I read it.

Thanks for the response and the link! I have sent them a question.

I've been working with our local high schools Air Force JROTC program on computer classes for cyber patriots (a computer security program). As they are wrapping that up, one topic that came up was about using drones as examples of real world applications. This school has some RC aircraft and a...

I would love to know how, but what I ended up doing is running Mission Planner on my laptop and the video feed from Solo App on my controller mounted phone/tablet. They can both be connected at the same time, so I can get the video feed and basic telemetry from the Solo app and full details and...