Took a new or near-new battery off the charger out for a flight. Flew out over the woods to around 1,700 ft about the limit of where I can see it, started to bring it back and then took RTH as a shortcut (Solo wastes no time getting back in RTH).
When it got overhead I hit "Fly" to take back control (could have hit A which I have set for Manual but did not think of it). The transmitter vibrated and I started on the sticks. No response. I looked down at the controller and it said either "Lost Connection" or "Looking for Solo" (don't recall which).
So it is 200 some-odd feet straight above me and I cannot connect. I rebooted the transmitter three times and even tried doing a full reset by removing the battery. Nothing.
All I could do was hope it would do the sane thing when the battery ran down.
It did, it landed, it shutdown.
Bonus: now I know one battery that can keep it in the air for 16 minutes and 5 seconds.
Meanwhile: I need to be able to trust this craft more. Losing control is just not an option. After bringing it in the house connections are no problem, I throw a battery in and it connects fine, starts looking for GPS (good luck with that from inside).
I was fortunate, it was dead-overhead when it went dead to me. Were I over the woods, over the pond, ??
I did a search for "Lost connection" here (an uncomfortable number of hits which I have not yet read). I'm going to get some dinner and then come back to do some reading. I hope I can find some hints for regaining control!
That helpless feeling is no fun.
When it got overhead I hit "Fly" to take back control (could have hit A which I have set for Manual but did not think of it). The transmitter vibrated and I started on the sticks. No response. I looked down at the controller and it said either "Lost Connection" or "Looking for Solo" (don't recall which).
So it is 200 some-odd feet straight above me and I cannot connect. I rebooted the transmitter three times and even tried doing a full reset by removing the battery. Nothing.
All I could do was hope it would do the sane thing when the battery ran down.
It did, it landed, it shutdown.
Bonus: now I know one battery that can keep it in the air for 16 minutes and 5 seconds.
Meanwhile: I need to be able to trust this craft more. Losing control is just not an option. After bringing it in the house connections are no problem, I throw a battery in and it connects fine, starts looking for GPS (good luck with that from inside).
I was fortunate, it was dead-overhead when it went dead to me. Were I over the woods, over the pond, ??
I did a search for "Lost connection" here (an uncomfortable number of hits which I have not yet read). I'm going to get some dinner and then come back to do some reading. I hope I can find some hints for regaining control!
That helpless feeling is no fun.