Sounds great I totally agree with areas last post at least,goodbye. Seems like someone who didn't do any of what was mentioned in the op and now wants to throw his fit. If you gave up long ago why are you now here other than to complain about something you no longer have and provide zero value to the forum. McCabe please do what he asked and give him the boot.
I am baffled--well maybe not baffled; just annoyed--by the tendency of many on this forum to attack anyone who comments on the Solo's many defects, at odds with the promotional advertising when DJI put it on the market.
I am an aeronautical engineer and a commercial helicopter pilot. I am not a neophyte, having owned Phantom 2s, Phantom 3s, Cinestar 8 HL, and a Blade Chroma. The objective facts are:
1. The Solo still does not have features that were advertised, such as camera control.
2. It is excruciatingly slow to get GPS lock.
3. Its technical support is worthless most of the time. The personnel respond reasonably promptly, but usually offer nothing but boilerplate cautions to stay away from structures and magnetic fields. Their command of the English language is wanting, and they ignore specifics in reports of problems. I've had at least two dozen exchanges with technical support and all but two were unhelpful.
I haven't given up, yet, however. My Solo is back with 3DR under an RMA, to see if they can determine why the motors won't start after the most recent firmware update, why it won't get a level calibration, why it won't get a GPS lock in the same position where it got one before the firmware update, and why, when it was flying before the update, the gimbal went into a seizure every the vehicle was commanded to yaw.
I registered it with the FAA for use under my section 333 exemption, and it has a tail number on it, so that makes be especially reluctant to scrap it or try to return it for a refund.
The purpose of any forum is to allow participants to report candidly on their experiences. To engage in an ad-hominem attack on everyone who does so is churlish.
Hank Perritt