Recent content by CartersFARM

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    [CLOSED] Looking to buy stock Solo & gimbal

    You are very welcome CJ and I'm glad I was able to help out. You too were great to work with and are also a gentleman that I'm glad to have met through our forum - what a fantastic community! Here's to never needing a replacement again and happy flying, Ed
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    New Solo possibly for sale

    Of course there are always weather balloons and a lawn chair options which are much cheaper!
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    New Solo possibly for sale

    Yeah, that's the problem with hobbies, it is always a challenge to fund the really fun stuff! One thing to consider would be to look at what I was planning to do, if you pickup a Tarot Carbon Fiber Octocopter frame (or Quadcopter) and splice into the control lines on the motor pods to higher...
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    New Solo possibly for sale

    I have a small "gentleman's farm" in Illinois and when I'm not working, I like to film nature, harvest (right now), and travel video as we go around the country - mostly just personal stuff for the family and personal expression... I have a background in photography, and when I started into the...
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    New Solo possibly for sale

    Hi Carl, that sounds like a fantastic deal - I'm glad that it found a good home with you :)
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    New Solo possibly for sale

    Hi Mike, Just saying that the term refers to "New Old Stock" which is sold all of the time. I have purchased a "New Old Stock" NEC CPM Tablet computer from the late 1980s as well as a sealed pair of 1965 gold eyeglass frames salvaged from a closed Italian factory store room. In both cases...
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    New Solo possibly for sale

    Yep, I totally understand. In my case I don't need to sell them and I'm not in a hurry, but others may want to go brand new old stock rather than used or refurbished. I think there are plenty of good deals out there still, even though there have been several sold at this price point - but I've...
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    New Solo possibly for sale

    They are still around, just fewer since many of us stockpiled Solos back then (I have 5). I've used my primary bird constantly and my secondary bird only once so I have 2 full kits factory new (not refurbished) I'll be putting up on ebay this weekend for $650 per set. I'm in the process of...
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    [CLOSED] Looking to buy stock Solo & gimbal

    I have 3 backup sets new/never used/in boxes in addition to my primary and secondary birds. I was planning to put them up on eBay this weekend, but I could sell them to you directly and avoid fees, or you could buy one there. I am going to sell them as sets of: - Stock Solo, factory new sealed...
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    Accessory bay super board.

    Count me in, I'm doing a Solo Grande build and want to keep all electronics consistent, just scale to X8 and larger props/secondary drive train battery. I'm keeping the Solo gimbal intact, but adding a secondary gimbal for my larger camera and was planning on using a second controller (Frsky)...
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    Solo guts for a DIY Hexacopter?

    I'd like to dust off this post and see if anyone has attempted this yet. I'm thinking of doing it but using as much as possible from the Solo and only pulling out the additional motor outputs. If I use a Solo battery for the non-power system, and an isolated ESC/Motor with its own flight battery...
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    3DR Solo Brain Transplant...

    I'm in the process of doing the same thing. I have several CF frames (4X & 6X) in multiple configurations which I've previously used with Pixhawk and APM controllers. I'm also using some sweet clearance large Black Widow ESC/Motor combinations on 4S & 6S configurations with up to 18" props...
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    Best Tablet for use?

    For very low latency, just use a HDMI small video screen and use a phone for app control... I use the 3DR video monitor (from the old clearance sale over a year ago) with HDMI in. I have it on a tripod and my phone (or Nexus 7 2013) on the controller as backup video if I want to walk away and...
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    Wanted: Battery Tray with/or just Battery Release button

    Hey folks, I RTL-ed into a tree at 100 feet at night and the only damage is that when the battery ejected upon impact, I couldn't find the little plastic button which is used to latch the battery into the body and then release it. If anyone has a trashed body or such I could use the button or...