Recent content by Diether

Hi Peter, welcome! I'm from Cape Town too. Three Solo’s in the fleet and happy with them all!

The battery that was fitted to my Solo does the same thing. Start at 93% flies 7 min at a very rapid discharge. The first time it surprised me and discharged too quickly for stabilised flight, so I brought it in on manual and landed at 3%. Normal windstill day with 22 degree C at sea level. The...

Thanks for the kind words!

Hi all This Oyster Catcher kept flying ahead of the Solo, I think he makes the video memorable. Enjoy!

Great input guys. Much appreciated and honoured to be part of this amazing group. BTW, I spoke to Kelly and he will introduce separate flight logs in Solex for multiple Solos as most of us are heading that way!

Hey Kev This is so sad because the Solo really is an amazing piece of work. As long as you see it in perspective: built in 2015, upgrades were done afterwards, and you have to update these. The Solo seems to be one of the most stable platforms around as long as you use it within the parameters...

Thanks Speatuk, that makes perfect sense. I've had another look at the changes and they would fall within calibration parameters. Thanks a stack, now I can carry on flying as happy as I was before!

Hi guys n gals Out of the blue I decided to compare my present parameters to my saved parameters of December. The December parameters are different in a number of places. Does Solo change parameters according to latest flight intelligence? I'm bamboozled. Can anyone provide input regarding this...

Thank you! 40% with GoPro Hero 3 with no controls via Solo and about 60% with GoPro 4 Black with full control via Solo.

Thanks for the very valid warning Chuck. I love animals and have absolutely no intention of harming them. Before I started, I checked and a marine ranger was standing by with his vehicle. Trying to be a responsible UAV enthusiast, I have my aeronautical radio certificate and also check in by...

Hi all I've been filming Black Back Seagulls for a couple of weeks on calm days with mu very trust worthy combo of Solo and Solex. The gulls really seem to have a flight rule: yield left and steer right when on a collision course!

Yes, Kelly's work for Solo is amazing! He said he "kinda forgot it was there" , haha...

I'm in South Africa - close to Cape Point Nature Reserve.

Completing a beautiful orbit over a ridge, with the Atlantic in the background, I kept to my own promise to always come in and land at 25%. So, I broke out of the orbit and hit the RTL button. The wind picked up, and Solo had to fly back against it, using precious battery reserves, within...

24.5 min flight at 47%! Hey guys, if it hadn't started drizzling I'm sure I would have cracked the 30min flight time this morning. I took off at 99% charge and landed at 52% with 24min 30sec flying time - no payload (training to hone my manual flying skills). BTW also nearly flipped when...