Recent content by SloppyDingo

Looking at the wires comming from this connector inside solo shows scl sca silkscreened on the board. This is not a single blade connector. It's actually two thin blades separated by a piece of plastic. One is for data and one is for a clock. This is part of solos I2C bus which is used for...

I don't think "Chinese folks" is offensive... Its insuating that they are sneaky little devil's for adding a security measure to stop people from making a fraudulent warranty claim after mistreating a product. Not to mention you are grouping an entire race of people into the decision of one...

Personally not offended. Just cringe a bit when someone makes the rest of us Americans look like idiots to the international community...

And my comment was directed at the original post about "them Chinese folks post". I should of quoted...

So I'll probably totally get flamed for this but I don't think there is anything wrong with a company putting some sort of indicator on their products to show that a user has mistreated a product when they are trying to get warrantee work done.

I have batteries that have sat idle for years at 50% and after a few charge cycles, worked good as new. Room temp with a proper voltage is key. The important thing is to keep enough charge on them so they don't naturally discharge to a point that the cells become imbalanced. Keeping them fully...

Yep, I experienced something similar. A good friend of mine who is a commercial pilot wanted to learn how to fly rc. I offered to teach him so we went out to the field. No matter how I explained it to him, he just couldn't take himself out of the airplane. Not saying pilots can't fly RC or uavs...

Alta looks cool... I was really intrigued until I saw the price! 8500 without a battery or gimbal... Ouch! Haven't seen an airframe that expensive since the early days... Not much info or specs I could find via the mobile site. Looks like a winner though.

Bigger battery+bigger motors=not much more flight time. Possibly these will be necessary to carry a larger gimbal/camera combo. I wonder if these projects are actually in the works with 3dr or if they are coming from 3rd party companies showing interest in the made for solo program. Either way...

But at what level of autonomy? Many rc planes and helis come with SAS built in. This is a form of automation.

Got these in my inbox today.. AUVSI Joins Federal Task Force On UAS Registration - Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Regulations.gov From the email I received: "The Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration are now accepting public comments on...

How exactly will a federal registration law affect revinue for politicians in Los Angeles county?

With strong message against creating new crimes, Gov. Brown vetoes drone bills I was unaware she was trying again. This is the latest news I read on the subject from early October. I searched but couldn't find any info about them trying again. Do you have a link? I usually follow this stuff...

I agree totally... They could never place a ban on those types of items. I guess the point I was trying to make is how could they possibly enforce these rules on the diy side of this hobby. Something else I thought of, so now what constitutes a " drone"... While some (like the solo) have...

All of those laws were vetoed.