JCBird, did you get your solo sorted?
I bought one last year, (it was demo'd and I know it flies nicely) then started reading up on the various options and issues people seem to be having.
I'm carrying ADD and Autism, which tends to make me over think and under perform, and when it comes to instructions I need "clear and unambiguous", otherwise the unanswered questions that pop up will just ruin my experience..
I've read of people having to rip the network card out of these, after trying to migrate to the other packages, and to be honest, I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever take it out of the box again.
I'm currently easing my way into operating the JJRC x9 simply because it's more straighforwards, and does most of what I believe I'll ever want, whilst running the Pixhawk/arduopilot platform, but I am lead to believ that teh solo will get me better footage when that becomes more important.
I do wish someone did a critical path analysis of the steps needed to take a solo out of the box, figure out what you have, (apparently 3dr got a bit jiggy with "variants" towards the end?) and get it working as reliably as the makers intended.
I've got some R/C flying skills now after a LONG training period, (Full size light aircraft flying was so much easiert to learn!) and I NEVER WANT TO CRASH AGAIN.