Recent content by Johnny Baer

You DO need to cut out some foam for it to fold down but that's no problem. Exacto knife with a sharp blade.

Ian has a few cables.

How's you S8+ doing? Any issues? So far mine is awesome. I found I didn't need a shade even in bright direct sun!! That said, there are a couple of messages it gives me that were distracting at first - but I ignore them now.

My #3 SOLO which I brought home from Best Buy today came with the gimbal, extra battery, and an extra set of props for $299. Can't beat that deal, least for now. LOL

I just brought home SOLO #3 today. This bird has a long future ahead of it. There are a lot of very talented people with a lot of experience directly with Solo and they're developing and improving on what we've already got. Look at the pixhawk 2.1 autopilot that's being brought market as well...

FWIW W10 simply won't work with GP Studio for me either on W10.

Tested a 5 point cable cam (admittedly it was quick and I didn't pay attention to all the details) and it worked perfectly as far as I could tell. I'm doing another this morning to survey a 20 acre tract of pine timber after a controlled burn yesterday - with camera at 0° tilt. Oughta be...

when you get a trouble ticket number try calling tech support with it. I think they'll be able to get you going.

I don't think it's your camera. I've also had problems with GoPro (Hero 3+ Black) settings via the app. Not the same as yours but with the modes not switching right or freezing up and not switching at all. This is always in flight. I called 3dr, which I recommend you do before doing something...

I took SOLO out for a couple of batteries today. Didn't have much time to do detailed tests but the bottom line is that my auto altitude control is all over the page. Everything was done at or just above walking speed so there's no effect from AOA. To begin with I hovered at about 5-6'. SOLO...

See my comment to enkgraham. In short, so far it's been visual.

Gotcha. You are totally correct. That's why I mentioned that I must do some more precise, measurable observations on the actual field, as well as taking screen shots of the telemetry to see if there are variations there that might indicate a problem with the barometric altimeter . . .or...

You're right about judging altitude at that distance. However it starts descending at no more than about 100-150' and I keep up with altitude via watching the display on my controller. You can see the grass getting closer as it heads outbound. I'm mostly experimenting with FPV by using only the...

I'm not trying to address all the ideas expressed here but I have observed that my SOLO, which I often fly in the same location, a wide open approx 30 acre level field which is kept mowed, will, as I fly away from the takeoff point, display a somewhat disconcerting tendency to lose altitude...

For crying out loud some of our number are small thinkers. 3DR built an entire factory to produce this one copter. Do you think they'd do that for an initial order of only 1000 units? That's just the first shipment! It'll be ramping up from there.