Recent content by Twd

OFFER CLOSED. I'm about to return to Best Buy a recently purchased Solo that came with the gimbal pre-installed. This was the Best Buy $299 offer that included the case but only one battery. Why offer it here? Because it's my impression that finding this model is a crap shoot. I also figure...

Kelly kindly replied with an answer about Spot Mode: The little icon that looks a bit like a gun sight is the Spot mode icon. What you do is point the gimbal down at some point on the ground and click that icon. It will turn green, and temporarily switch to Guided mode (hence the announcement)...

Four questions re Solex (I hope this is the place to ask Solex questions!): Is documentation for Solex available -- preferably with screen shots or at least a few GUI images? All of the download links to docs here that go to Facebook storage yield an error message when I log in with my FB...

Best Buy online is out of stock at present (and, for all I know, forever). Found them at Fry's Electronics online for $45 each with free shipping.

I haven't used Tower yet but apparently I need to try it. Thank you!

Interesting! Does the 3DR Solo app for the Shield contain all the capabilities of the IOS version?

I want to shoot an orbit around a hilltop home. I tried it with enough altitude so I could see the Solo throughout the shot but the flat roof, with patches, etc. is unattractive. So, I figure that since the home is on the top of a hill I can orbit around the home -- parallel to the home -- and...

Thank's to all for replying. Being restricted to flying in from a perimeter location is awfully limiting with a big park, where many of the best subjects are deep within. Now to find the loopholes. :cool: (I say that mostly in jest) I wonder if the NPS has jurisdiction over over every square...

Back in 2014 there was a temporary ban but the National Park Service released this document and from what I can understand of its dense language flying a UAV is now legal. BUT, comprehension of such documents is not my forte. I realize I could call someone at one of their HQ's in the area and...

I use an iPhone 6s Plus with the 3DR Controller. In terms of light blocking this Hoodman two-piece hood for the iPhone is better than any other solution I've tried. Note that there's a rectangular cut-out on the bottom, where it meets the phone. This lets me reach in to swipe, tap, etc. I have...

See solution at the bottom of my original post. Thank you to all who replied.

After opening the new 2.0.0 Solo app on my iPhone 6s Plus a message appears saying that an airport is nearby, which is correct. I tap on the "i" in the message and a "Planning" window appears, briefly loading map data. I change the Filter to "satellite" and a satellite map appears. If I drag the...

Thank you for your clear reply! So on to my other question: I'm not seeing any "map" in the Solo app even though Google Maps can show a satellite view of my location. Any suggestions there?

I have yet to see a map displayed when flying my Solo using an iPhone 6s Plus. It's never been an issue until I tried the Orbit feature, where it would be helpful. The latest Solo manual unhelpfully says: "Note: iOS controls the map data cache procedurally; 3DR cannot guarantee its...

I'm seeing transparent but visible dark horizontal bars scrolling downward in footage when my GPH 4 Black is pointing in a certain direction relative to the sun. Is there a name for this phenomenon and is it common? I've read that a sunshade helps but then I've also read that using an ND filter...