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    How many crashes have you had.?

    I got my Solo on 1/1/2017. Crashed twice in the first 48 hours, both newby errors, wrong stick movement, and then cut a treetop too close on an MPCC. After that I have had 0 crashes.
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    Crappy footage looked like less then 720

    With the Hero 4 Black (not sure about the Silver) the live video feed is 1080p (reduced to 720p through the Solo). However, if you are recording at anything higher than 1080p60 then the video feed is reduced to 480p.
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    Battery Cycles

    Not that I have heard. Could be a limitation with the Solo's firmware so these parameters are not passed along. Also, I think I read somewhere the Solo's battery uses an industry standard protocol for this stuff so it is fairly easy to read the available data with an Arduino and such. Pretty...
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    Battery Cycles

    You can buy this Solo battery checker... It works well and reports health and number of cycles* on the battery. (3drpilots forum thread here...) *The cycles are stored internally in the battery. I assume a "cycle" is counted after a recharge after the battery has been drained to <XX%...
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    GoPro issues

    Sounds like it might be cycling between recording and not recording. Does the Solo app show the status of the recording?
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    [HD] SmartDrone.fr | S01E04 | Prague (Bohemia, Czech Republic)

    Nice to see Prague. I really love that city but it has been over 10 years since we were last there. Thanks for posting!
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    Madhacker 3DR Solo Battery Charging Adaptor and Diagnostics Tool

    Does that mean a cycle is counted anytime a charger is plugged in (and the lights come on) or does the battery need to be dis-charged to below ??% and then charged before the count is incremented?
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    Who else gives themselves a heart attack while flying?

    I find the Solo so easy to fly that I have gotten less and less nervous. I make sure my takeoffs and landings are clear in the vertical direction just in case Solo goes into RTL. Also I let it gather some additional satellites (0.9 HDOP or better) before takeoff. So... I fly over water, trees...
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    Madhacker 3DR Solo Battery Charging Adaptor and Diagnostics Tool

    Mine was in the batch that was delayed due to a lack of displays so I just got mine yesterday... Andre's communication was great and it works perfectly. One note is the display and text is very small for my 50 year old eyes (about the size of a postage stamp). I think the most useful item is the...
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    Gopro firmware 5.0 is the way to go

    Hmmm... That strange, because I use my GoPro Hero 4 Black with firmware 5.0 and FPV works with my Solo with Gimbal just like rev 3.0 did. No issues, rev 5.0 works great except for the fact I have to manually power on the GP...
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    Gopro firmware 5.0 is the way to go

    I have confirmed FVP works fine (well, the same anyway) with GPH4B firmware 5.0 & 3.0... Otherwise I use 5.0 to set my ISO to the lowest setting (100?) and lock the shutter speed however a number of these newer settings are not available via solo so I have to use the the GP menus or GP app. I...
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    Nature Preserve, Antelope Island, Utah

    Really nice video. Awesome sunsets do wonders! I recognized the Antelope Island parts at the end, but the tower at the nature preserve in West Layton will need to get a visit the next time I'm out there. I just found it in Google Earth but never knew it was there... Thanks for sharing!
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    No picture from GoPro on Solo App

    I find my HDMI connector on the can "look" like it is plugged into the side of the GoPro but really is not. An extra push (1mm or 2mm) is sometimes needed to get the connector to be fully seated. Also, in cases where the GoPro has refused to stream an image I have had to pull (cycle) the battery...
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    Signal Loss during flight..?

    WiFi congestion is a real factor. I get 600' to 800' at my suburban home/neighborhood and 2000'+ out in the country.
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    I crashed my Solo into the Pacific Ocean

    I say you buy on of those BB Solos and transfer its guts into your old Solo's shell. Then you could just pretend it never happened! (Maybe you could add a couple of decorative bolts around the PixHawk and call it "Frankensolo"...) o_O Sorry for your loss! :(