Recent content by RickP

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    GoPro dummy camera...

    Gearbest has a flash sale on the Firefly 6s 4K which is identical in dimension to the GoPro and will fit in the fixed mount that comes with the solo. The HDMI port lines up the right way as I describe in a previous post. It might also, with some plastic removal on the back of the camera, fit...
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    M8N GPS vs Pixhawk 2.0 Cube

    I have no experience with RTK. Drotek has a forum that you can post these types of questions. You will need the Solo board which is essentially cast in a rover role. Also the base station and telemetry function to communicate between the base and rover. It's not really clear from the Solo...
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    M8N GPS vs Pixhawk 2.0 Cube

    Drotek in France does have a P&P (as far as installation and fitment) RTK board. Pricey and of course needs the RTK ancillary pieces like a base station.
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    GPS connection has come loose from motherboard

    You might be able to use a fine soldering tip and flux to reflow the solder on the connections and mounting tabs after placing the component on the pads. A small spring clamp to hold the socket in position will help. Solder the end tabs first to hold the socket, then work on the signal pins...
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    GoPro dummy camera...

    Check out this thread. Down that thread is an example of fitting a Git2 to a gimbal. Requires foam padding plus some removal a mounting clip to fit because of the Hero 30-pin connector on the gimbal. Also, depending on where the HDMI connector is located on the side of the clone camera, you...
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    GoPro dummy camera...

    You could just buy one of the cheap GoPro clones for ~$40. Add foam to level out the the gimbal camera mount GoPro connector and secure with a velcro strap. If you wanted to try to use one of the clones for FPV, there is some hacking that needs to be done; if not, strap it in and balance the...
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    wifi upgrade

    The 5.8Ghz card has a large heatsink that may not fit in place of the OEM 2.4GHz card. That's beside the concern that you will likely have reduced range (similar to using the 5.8Ghz band on your home wi-fi - as long as you are relatively close you will get good bandwidth but it doesn't take...
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    wifi upgrade

    Solo uses the 2.4GHz flavor.
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    Maintenance

    Might be worthwhile to take a compressed air blower (can of compressed air) and blow out any dust from the motors.
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    SOLO FUNERALS..!

    Why not make it a one-way mission? No concern about dropping mechanisms etc. Still cheaper than hiring a boat and crew. Build a custom drone with sufficient payload; barebones on everything else.
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    3DR GPS Shield

    I suspect the flaw in the initial (Rev. A) GPS board was poor layout design and implementation. The Rev. B board improved the design and works better. But the mRO boards use a different GPS chipset and the ability to utilize additional fix inputs from the Russian, Chinese and/or European...
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    3DR GPS Shield

    The RFI shield material, if properly fitted, does not interfere with GPS signal reception. It's intent is to prevent the underlying Solo electronic RF emissions from degrading the reception of GPS signals by isolating the GPS antenna and ground plane as much as possible. It goes on the...
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    Bonjour à tous viens juste de cratcher mon Drone ...que faire réparer ou changer pour un neuf

    Bonjour. Sur la base d'une traduction Google de votre question, il semble que vous ayez eu une collision avec un arbre, ce qui a causé des dommages. Si, comme votre poste le suggère, vous avez cassé les 4 hélices et peut-être une jambe d'atterrissage ainsi que brûler un moteur, cela semble...
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    MOTOR NOT SPINNING

    Try swapping pods with the one diagonally opposed. If the suspect pod doesn't run there and your known good pod spins up where the damaged pod used to be, then the pod is bad. If the dodgy pod does spin up but the good pod doesn't, then there may be a problem from the ESC on in. Check for...