Recent content by tbacon

You do not need the gimble for live feed from a gopro. Sounds to me like you are using the gopro app on your phone for the feed instead of the Solo app to get the feed. Be sure to turn wifi off on the gopro camera because it interferes with the wifi between drone and controller. You should then...

I have a sailboat that I would like to launch from. I have been brainstorming how to land. My favorite idea thus far is to create a landing pad covered with Velcro and put Velcro on Solo's legs. I'd put the pad on a pole such as a gaff hook for an assistant to hold and help to catch the drone...

I bought a new hero4 black on amazon last week for $284.

The ebay seller of the GoPro camera accepted my return request. I have a brand new GoPro 4 black now and it works perfectly. I am finally ready to start learning the ins and outs of drone photography and filming. This forum is great and if not for this I would not have selected 3dr Solo. Thanks...

Damn thing would not update. I gave up and sent it back. Looked like it might be a fake. When I plugged it into my computer it was identified as a iCatchtek SPCa6330 which is Chinese clone of a clone of GoPro? New one is on the way from Amazon now. I gradually ran my total cost up to $600. Love...

Thank you. I now have a GoPro 4 black. I picked it up on ebay, new opened box. Having a little trouble getting it to work though. Came with a wifi password unknown to me and the instructions to reset do not match the camera menus. Tried a manual update of firmware to no avail thus far. Will be...

Hello. I am pretty new to all of this stuff. I started drooling over quad copter a couple of years ago. I had the solo on my Amazon wish for a long time, read a bunch of bad press and started looking at alternatives. The point of having it on my wish list was for my wife to know what to get as a...