Recent content by thefrog

Would you like to see completely new SOLO functionality, extended range twice or even more or have your solo working in interference free 5GHz band? Yes, most of these will void your warranty, some will require swapping some parts, but it can be done, shall 3DR open their closed source code...

Hi Marco, I'm glad to see you here. I'm great fan of you and really appreciate what are you doing for the Ardupilot community. :) If you want to see something really interesting, take a closer look inside of the DJI's GPS PRO PLUS. I'll post more info together with real flight and static tests...

Sorry to hear Marco is out of the development loop - at least as SOLO goes. Now when the investors poured $64 millions into 3DR, nothing will be like before. New developers, new testers, new team. And sharp turn from open source to closed source, even if the closed source code is build from...

Thanks for sharing. It's time to head to BB for return and get new bird from 3DR. Reliable 1000' control range works for me, but deficient GPS definitely not.

It's the green grass, or whatever is growing there, blocking the satellites view. :)

3DR have tough times these days. I would give them some extra time to fix everything.

Welcome to the 3DR SOLO GPS mystery club. :)

cute, just needs gimbal:

Please add another option "Experienced some issues that were not resolved by 3DR" In my particular case - 3DR tech guy at the phone says it is all normal respectively my fault (to choose wrong location for flying), but I respectfully disagreed with him - on my question why do I need to wait for...

I'm not a fan of conspiracy theories, but maybe the 1.0.5 update decreased SOLO's onboard WiFi link power to alleviate possible GPS interference from the WiFi spurious spectrum. Fortunately I have saved 1.0.1 system image, so sooner or later this theory will be tested in the EMC RF lab with my...

This is the point where 3DR is dropping the ball - using GPS location of the Artoo and Solo, they can always properly rotate Solo in headless mode as soon as there is some distance between the controller and Solo like 15ft. I don't care too much about this, but with novice pilots without enough...

P3, Galaxy S6 and NEO-M8N get on average 16 sats, and sometimes 23 with stable 3D fix all the time My poor SOLO gets on average 8-9 sats, but there is no guarantee it will also get 3D lock and required HDOP. P3, Galaxy S6 and NEO-M8N all also uses GLONASS sats in addition to GPS sats, what...

Got it. Flat. And this is what scares me. I have several Pixhawk based quads, from tiny 250 FPV with Bulgarian Pixhawk clone and old MT3329 GPS module up to the largest one based on S1000 frame with NEO-M8N, all with different GPS units, including old Mediatek MT3329, MT3339, LEO-6H, NEO-7 and...

Please, share your experience with the behavior of the SOLO's GPS, both positive or negative, notably if you: need to wait for GPS longer than minute need to wait for GPS even if you have 7 and more satellites for longer than minute experienced GPS loss in open space experienced GPS loss in...

Unfortunately not. You should fly in open space and according 3DR, there is no risk of GPS loss.