Recent content by Matt Whitmus

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    Some good news coming from the 3DR office.

    when I got my solo, I unboxed it and updated to the current version at the time, when the next version came out I heard there may be some bugs with it, so I never updated. From the start I never had any trouble with my solo, until one day I overloaded the memory on my tablet with the auto save...
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    Some good news coming from the 3DR office.

    can you revert back to previous solo firmware also? Like whatever version it was in April of 16.
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    Penn Cove Waters are No Place for Solo: Add Me to the List

    Take it apart and hose w lits of fresh water. The salt is so corrosive and conductive. We recently dropped a portable ac unit in the salt water when our dog trippef my son who was bringing it on the big boat. Once we got it in the dock, we hosed it for a minute or two. Then let it air dry for a...
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    Drone footage of that sporting event went better than expected

    You might join the AMA. Membership comes w liability insurance, but might not cover flying in those circumstances. Just a thought.
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    I got amazing distance using the FPVLR today.

    Line of sight. Went over major power transmission lines at about 4000 ft. Ran about 200 ft up the whole way. Looses a lot of reception on return if you lean into it to much. Going to work on antenna mod on solo so I dont loose signal when it leans hard on the way home.
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    I got amazing distance using the FPVLR today.

    Everything else is stock. No boosters or wifi card changes.
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    I got amazing distance using the FPVLR today.

    We hit 11115ft each way last night runninh two of my friends biquad antennas. After 4 + miles into a head wind on way home, i landed with 27 percent life left.
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    Boat mode

    50 ft... its pretty stable, but it could still mess it up, I'm sure.
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    Boat mode

    I will launch mine off bow of big boat, but will still manually fly and hover so someone can grab it, then shut it down (three finger kill) will be nice if they at least have a modified RTH so it tries to come to its new home. Hope to fly around on trip to Alaska this summer. hope they get the...
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    I got amazing distance using the FPVLR today.

    I have a friend that made me a bi-quad antenna that got me out to 8600 ft last night. No other mod or amplifier. He sells them for $100. let me know if anyone wants one. (I was just running one and one rubber ducky)