Gents,
I've been following along on the side in here for quite a while now.
( I had only just managed to keep my burning desires to formally register in-check, until I recently became a 'real' Solo Pilot... )
This particular thread has had me fascinated from Day One / Post #1 - as it represents clearly some of the most informed, respected and experienced people, cross coupled with just how - 'Roll up your sleeves and have a red-hot-go' - this entire community really is.
Given my short path of Solo ownership / experience myself,
my recent acquisition of my first pair of Solos really has had me tempted to modify at least one of the several Cubes - which were included within this initial purchase.
I am still holding myself back, strictly running the most recent 3DR Factory Firmware - across each of the Controllers and their respective 'Ships - with an iPhone6 also running the 3DR Solo App on iOS 10, as the 'up top'.
Obviously, I'm just gagging to hop up into ArduCopter / Open Solo - but there is still that 'nagging feeling' 'bout them-there Solo Motor-Pod ESCs deciding to misbehave, during one of those 'most inopportune' of airborne moments...
This again leads me, to this still painfully obvious juncture -
Do I, or don't I - mod' a damn Cube - BEFORE stepping across to the promised land, found within ArduCopter / Open Solo?
I really do wanna run with all you Big-Dogs and move away from the stock 3DR Factory Firmware offering - but I still haven't really read anything compelling enough to risk flying with anything but the Stock Firmware, unless this Solo Motor-Pod Electronic Speed Controller issue is dealt with first...
I also thought that the whole idea of ramming home 'one of those 5v-sending' Green Cubes, was to immediately deal with that whole Pulse-Width-Modulation '3.3v-versus-5v' ESC mis-match, ( which plagues the Solo's Motor-Pods ) - thus allowing you to then run ArduCopter / Open Solo on your 'Ship, without any fears-for-tears...
Next I'm reading, 'Nah, just go for it - 'a 3.3v-sending' Stock Cube running ArduCopter / Open Solo, are all perfectly AOK together!' -
What specific work has been done / or is actually going to be done within the upcoming ArduCopter release, ( that will in fact address these well known Solo Motor-Pod ESC issues ) - when it has been counter-stated over-and-over to ad nauseam that the ArduCopter Master can never really address this issue ever, ( as it must remain 'unbiased' and fair to all other 'Copter platforms? )
Remember, I really do wanna step away from the Factory Firmware and start enjoying all that 'good stuff' found within ArduCopter / Open Solo - but I wanna be able to do so without ever needing to worry about introducing any additionally new and unnecessary risks.
I think the REAL question is ;
Which is technically better, safer and/or more realiable? - ( Strictly from the perspective of dealing with the Solo's Motor-Pod ESC issue? ) -
(1) - Running an untouched 'raw' version of ArduCopter / Open Solo, on a 'Ship with a '5v-sending' Green Cube?
(2) - Or running a Stock Cube, with some additional limits placed within ArduCopter / Open Solo?
If in fact the most honest answer is indeed 'Option 1' - then surely it stands to reason -
It's time to mod' that damn Cube...