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Mine FINALLY showed up yesterday... My official order date was May 19th because my April order apprentice didn't go through...

Whic Which GoPro do you have?

The motors spun for quite some time in that video after the Solo flew into the foliage... Did you try the emergency stop procedure?

Ordered in April, order status for some reason says May, but I'm still waiting either way...

Did you have the time to press Fly or Pause before you got into trouble?

Flying indoors over -- or even near -- people with a quadcopter in a commercial venture is probably gonna be hard to cover with insurance. I can't see it being inexpensive even if you can get a policy to cover it. It's not a coincidence that 3DR flew the Solo in a cage at NAB. I'd think that at...

It It'll try to get home initially then land when the battery gets critically low. Hopefully. I'd experiment with it a lot before you go nuts with the distances, and I'd bet a dollar that if you wreck your Solo without a safety pilot you're not gonna be eligible for the warranty...

If you haven't already gotten an answer, Iris+ should have the Pixhawk

Really? That's disappointing. I ordered before you and have heard nothing about it shipping already. Do you have a 1033XXXXXX order number or a 1034XXXXXX?

Here's an updated checklist, which addresses the startup sequence and adds hitting record on the GoPro prior to takeoff (at least until we all get gimbals. Sigh...)

I agree that there's a lot in there -- it came from lots of instruction reading, forum reading, trial & error, many years of RC experience and looking at best practices throughout the aviation industry. I've trained a lot of people over the years, and my background is all emergency medical...

Yeah, that's how I did it until I had issues and contacted 3DR. Israel advised that sequence in the checklist, and I've had success with the sequence in the checklist since I had the problems with the video feed... Thanks for the feedback, guys!

Hi there, everybody... I put together a few checklists and a flight plan, and I'd like to share them with the community. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns or suggestions. It's 4 pages -- if you print it out, go double sided and, if possible, laminate it. If you...

I am not a coder, I haven't looked at the code, and I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn last night, but I'm guessing that sustained flight at those angles will NOT shut down the motors. I suspect that the angle coupled with the lack of movement is what's shutting the motors down. Essentially, it...

Having the same issue. Multiple flawless flights, then black screen. GP3+. After going through the whole rigmarole I got nothing better than this: Talked to Casey at 3DR today. They're looking at logs...