Recent content by dougsymington

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    using a mirrorless/compact system camera on the Solo - anyone tried it?

    I've played around with a canon vixia mini x which I've duct taped to the underside of my solo. Admittedly crude, and subject to magnetic interference errors--the metal of the camera back has to be away from the solo, but it was a good test of the payload capacity of solo and I'll likely play...
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    solo app indicates GoPro update required

    the beautiful thing is--provided of course one doesn't hurt self or others/cause property damage--solo crashes like a champ. check out my instagram for a tree/sidewalk collision that was violent enough to dislodge the battery updated the solo app this afternoon and notwithstanding a couple of...
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    solo app indicates GoPro update required

    crash was pilot error. flying without FPV and drone responded to inputs. landed solo and didn't get it powered off before it tried to regain altitude and subsequently crashed after clipping a bush
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    solo app indicates GoPro update required

    Thanks for the note, and could very well be GoPro getting updates posted.... I've updated from within the Android app (Hero4Black) and it was pretty slick compared to the wired approach required for Hero3 and before. No option for update within the app (as of last night). May go back to fixed...
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    solo app indicates GoPro update required

    Solo app is telling me that GoPro needs an update to work with gimbal (got this error msg yesterday on two different Hero 4 Black cameras after both had worked fine the day before). Updates for camera (I'd done the Sept pre-gimbal one) don't seem available. Can't get app to talk to solo and...