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3DR GB11A Solo 3-Axis Gimbal for GoPro Camera - Black NEW If anyone needs another. Five left.

For mapping at the moment most would pursue a fixed wing solution. For video production contracts that involve roof inspections of Federal buildings a Solo would be quite appropriate.

Good for you Frank. As you discovered it's not hard just tedious. You are into mapping which at the moment still is being speced with film and planes as far as the awards I have seen. Some nice $$ contracts too. Who couldn't use an extra 30K of work these days. Another potential avenue for...

Many including myself see a bright future for drone business opportunities. Having worked on many Federal Government contracts as a Primary and a Partner I recently helped a young company start the process of entering the commercial drone market. This assumes that you have a business entity...

Anyone by chance have the APK for a sidecar on older android devices? Cannot get Google Play to give it up. Normally not a problem but today it is. Thanks.

Here is the interesting part. Under the final rule, the person actually flying a drone must be at least 16 years old and have a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating, or be directly supervised by someone with such a certificate. To qualify for a remote pilot certificate, an...

No minimum but shipping was $8 if anyone is looking for another source of connectors for a battery charging station. 46437-1087 for Molex | Arrow Electronics Components

I flew for 3 hours straight and had 2 tablet freezes with the latest software. I was using an ASUS Zen. I am also finding that using cable cam with time lapse is giving me just 1 hour before my tablet is dead. Anyone else seeing short tablet battery life with smart shot scenarios?

In about 2 weeks NAB will start and the gloves will come off for one of the hottest matches since last April. DJI and 3DR are going to debut their best ideas for Drone tech. If I were in the market for a new Drone I'd wait and see what comes out of NAB 2016. Kinda reminds me of a really...

I have a similar project pending. Flying inside a building core for an architectural video about preservation. I might use an Inspire as I know for sure I can knock it out fast with one. My hope is that NAB will be the release of Optical Flow for Solo. That may or may not happen. To give me...

Never been inside a Solo motor as of yet so maybe someone else can comment but most adhesives used in motors start to melt around 150F. I am also a big proponent of Boca Bearings. Rather than replace the motor pod I would always rebuild it with better bearings. Lots of great info like this...

The aluminum test I did I only put it on the top of the battery. Never saw an issue of interference. The aluminum tape is still glued to the top of the battery actually.

I have spent a lot of time working with cameras in high heat environments like Yuma AZ one Summer afternoon at 52C/126F. What typically happens is monitor screens go out first around 45C, then a progressive shutdown of electronics as the heat builds up inside. The latter being the real culprit...

Yes that PX4 has been on their site since last summer. There are some really good blog posts on research being done with a number of different competing OF technologies. The one thing they all have in common is a rather complex sensor calibration process. Having worked with DJI's approach...

Last Fall I was told 3DR had one person working on a OF module. NAB is mid April so I suspect all their add on modules for Solo will be brought out. But I sure feel your pain like many. Kind of surprised they lagged on this one.