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I had a similar problem, but when I landed, the motors didn't shut off and the drone tipped backwards on itself and broke my props. No idea why it happened. I landed on flat gravel but motors didn't shut off as I was holding the stick down and it just tipped backwards. Been having a lot of...

How much can I get the 2 batteries for?

I didn't know that. Well, when I crashed it today, it kept trying to fly and running into more trees. And the motors kept going, breaking the props and grabbing grass and branches... If I hadn't of turned off the controller as fast as I could to shut Solo down, I'm not sure if the thing would...

lol, I'm aware of that. I'm just saying, why not integrate something like that for users in case crashes happen, which are common no matter how experienced you are. You spend close to $2k on a product, it should be as fool proof as possible - especially if you market it as something beginners...

I flew in Manual mode today and crashed. I was flying on a tight bike path with trees surrounding me. I made the mistake of rotating Solo. When I did that, it was drifting a little bit and I got confused of which way I needed to compensate because I had turned Solo around, and I went the wrong...

They should've designed this drone to be more 'crash friendly.' Yes, ideally you don't want to crash the drone, obviously. But, it happens from time to time - despite how good you are at controlling the drone. I've crashed my drone twice now, both times into a tree. It was my fault, yes. BUT...

I've practiced in Manual before, I just haven't taken off in Manual. I've always switched to Manual mode as I'm in flight and while GPS was locked. Before I bought the Solo, I did a lot of reading and research. I'm always diligent in my preparations for anything. In this particular situation, no...

I did not do that, so that's certainly probably why I didn't take off. I was trying to take off holding Fly. Thank you!

I was holding down the Fly button, lol. Trust me, it wouldn't take off. I could start the motors, but it wouldn't take off trying to hold Fly. It would vibrate a few times after I held it indicating it wouldn't take off. It would do nothing than I was told Solo was searching for GPS making me...

Ok, well I wasn't sure if the app was interfering with Solo trying to make sure I was connected to GPS or something. I will try taking off manually doing the stick trick. But, again, for some reason it seemed like Solo would not let me take off and fly because it was searching for GPS. I was...

Maybe I wasn't able to fly manual because I was using the Solo app on my phone??? Should I just fly the drone and not use my phone app to connect?? Is that a stupid question, lol? Do you need to use the Solo app on your phone?

Excellent. I will try that next time, thank you!!

Indeed, I could not take off in Fly: Manual. It would not let me. It was trying to find GPS and preventing me.

In previous flights, I've been able to switch to manual while airborne, yes. In this particular situation though, I was trying to take off in manual.

Thanks for the reply. I did, I have Fly: Manual set to B. But, I couldn't fly - it wouldn't let me fly. I could start motors, but it would not let me take off and fly. It would search for GPS and would not allow me to take off...