The plot thickens. So 3DR customer support acknowleges moving the solo around after powering on is a problem. But far be it from 3DR to, you know, TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT. This also unfortunately shows that all the pre-arm checks in the world may not catch every single little glitch. Some problems may have no signs/symptoms until it is too late.
It also shows this problem apparently occurred in other firmware versions as well, not just a 2.4 thing. Not noticing a rash of incidents until now could just be coincidence.
I guess you know 2.4.0-4 Is out today for testing.Just to add I don't think 3DR is hiding anything here, it was 3DR themselves that went very public (Vu even did a sticky) when crashes occurred due to people moving the IRIS whilst pre-arming, so if this is happening similar on the Solo it's not being covered up as 3DR themselves end up replacing Solos so that would just be costing themselves money. You've to remember Randy who's one of the most experienced Arducopter guys put in a fix for people moving a copter when arming it, so 3DR would assume that issue was fully fixed, but the cases then weren't people literally wandering about, carrying the copter upside down or such like, so maybe the behaviour we're seeing with some Solo owners just isn't getting trapped by the software.
To me it's nuts to to be wandering around before arming without power cycling as you could be locking in an incorrect home point anyway.
When it comes to running calibrations, I'm sure even the DJI controllers such as the Naza would need a power cycle after a calibration, so again that's always at the back of my mind, but it has to be said none of the Arducopter documentation says you have to.
I think 2.4 must play a part, as I don't believe in coincidence.
To me it's nuts to to be wandering around before arming without power cycling as you could be locking in an incorrect home point anyway.
I THINK 2.4 must play a part, as I don't believe in coincidence.
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