So yeah... I'm Bryan. I'm [currently] from Austin, TX. I've been in TX for most of my life, just got back to my home state after a few years in the Seattle area. Unfortunately, I wasn't a 3DR pilot there.
I've had my Solo for about a week and I've been having more problems with my footage than I have the Solo. It's been pretty easy for me, bit it's not without it's hiccups (I'm sure I'll post questions and do some searches outside of an intro thread). It's been good enough that I tear through my 2 batteries faster than I can figure out where the last half hour went, and then I tell my wife I need half a dozen more batteries.
I haven't tried flying without GPS lock (I know, shame on me) yet, but I have been doing a lot of just flying around for two batteries to get the feel of the controls and manual controls with GPS lock definitely has it's surprise moments (where LOS flying results in your brain not quite registering where the nose is pointed, or what will happen when you push each stick where you think you need it), but I think I've been doing pretty well for having zero successful flight experience prior to Solo ownership (those little toys can be really hard to fly in your living room).
Mostly, I've been trying to figure out how to use Smart Shots in terms I will actually use them in, and using my under construction house as the subject matter. I can't figure out how to put together cable cam and orbit or anything like that, and I can't figure out how to pull up past Smart Shots, but I'm pretty happy with the Solo.
I'm currently having the annoying problem where YouTube does the magenta-shift to my footage... but here's just a short (very) clip I grabbed just to see what I was getting from my playing around. Unfortunately, it was shot at 1080p30 because I didn't realize I had my Hero 4 Black in Video+Photo mode, and it's limited to that res/framerate when set that way. Shooting 2.7k/60 now, but haven't had time to go through it and see what i really have.
That was a long intro!
I've had my Solo for about a week and I've been having more problems with my footage than I have the Solo. It's been pretty easy for me, bit it's not without it's hiccups (I'm sure I'll post questions and do some searches outside of an intro thread). It's been good enough that I tear through my 2 batteries faster than I can figure out where the last half hour went, and then I tell my wife I need half a dozen more batteries.
I haven't tried flying without GPS lock (I know, shame on me) yet, but I have been doing a lot of just flying around for two batteries to get the feel of the controls and manual controls with GPS lock definitely has it's surprise moments (where LOS flying results in your brain not quite registering where the nose is pointed, or what will happen when you push each stick where you think you need it), but I think I've been doing pretty well for having zero successful flight experience prior to Solo ownership (those little toys can be really hard to fly in your living room).
Mostly, I've been trying to figure out how to use Smart Shots in terms I will actually use them in, and using my under construction house as the subject matter. I can't figure out how to put together cable cam and orbit or anything like that, and I can't figure out how to pull up past Smart Shots, but I'm pretty happy with the Solo.
I'm currently having the annoying problem where YouTube does the magenta-shift to my footage... but here's just a short (very) clip I grabbed just to see what I was getting from my playing around. Unfortunately, it was shot at 1080p30 because I didn't realize I had my Hero 4 Black in Video+Photo mode, and it's limited to that res/framerate when set that way. Shooting 2.7k/60 now, but haven't had time to go through it and see what i really have.
That was a long intro!