Recent content by Walter

After your feedback I can absolutely see how you would want to fly and land in some pretty scary places. The images can be breathtaking. I guess I'm going to have to start practicing "The Solo Catch". You guys have made me a believer. However, like you guys, I'm going to keep my catching to...

This may be a stupid question but, why put yourself in a position where you cannot take off and land normally? If you don't you won't need to do dangerous stuff that can potentially harm you seriously. Those props and Solo's crazy amount of torque can create a large deep laceration. And if...

This forum is great for new pilots. I started flying in January. I've learned so much here. All opinions should be respected even if you have a different one. I believe it's educational and at times sobering to hear them all. I have two Solos and thousands of support equipment for each one. I'm...

I'm not sure why but I got my Solo from DLSRPros before I got the one I ordered from 3DR. I wanted to get two of everything so I would have a full back-up system. I'm just about there. All I lack is a gimbal for Solo Two. Got the gimbal from 3DR for Solo One a few days ago. I'm relying on...

I want to thank you again for turning me on to this mount. Got two in the mail today and they are everything you said they would be. Awesome!! YOU ROCK on his one dude.

Another forum member makes extenders for Solo that are a bit longer than 3DR's and they snap on just like the stock ones. They come black and you can paint them any color you want. They work great and provide confidence that your gimbal won't smash into something when you land where you did...

just so you know, another forum member turned us on to a mount hat has the same hole pattern as solo so it just snaps right on. it's the best i've seen for large tablets and the controller still fits into the backpack. i bought one for each of my controllers. No mods necessary. they even...

Thanks dude. I just ordered two of these puppies for my controllers!!

Actually I've found that a complete Solo ensemble runs closer to $4,000 all in. That's Solo , gimbal, camera, 4 batteries, backpack, extra blades, extra legs, leg extensions, camera accessories, long range antenna, iPad mini, iPad shade cover, laser range finder, wind speed meter, prop balancer...

The Nexus 7 is $150 bucks on Amazon. Works great. So does the iPad mini!!

I would wait a while longer to invest. The beta comment is probbeably close to the truth. I have two Solo's and have had a few problems. Next year you will have even more choices as new manufacturers are getting into this market. With that said, in may opinion, Solo is the future of UAV's.

The Video above shot with the 3+Silver should be all the evidence needed to support that the camera works fine with the gimbal. It appears that just certain individuals cameras do not work and they should probably have their camera looked into. Doesn't appear to be a problem with the gimbal or...

You can probably make it go as far as jail time if you try hard enough. It's already happening to others who fly out of their sight. Law enforcement and the FAA and every State legislature believes it's dangerous and irresponsible to lose sight of your aircraft. You may want to read the paper.

I looked for a wifi analyzer called wipry and came up empty.

I have both the iPad mini2 and the Nexus7. Both work great with just two exceptions. 1. They do over heat and shut down on you. When that happens, I have lost video. 2. Unless it's dark you can't see the screens very well at all. You can have all the info. in the world but if you can't see...