Today I took Solo out for the first time in 3 weeks. I've been flying my I1 for a while. I was both happy and frustrated at the same damn time and here's why. I was like daaaaamn !!!! I had forgotten how smooth Solo was compared to my I1. If anyone owns or has flown an I1 you know how powerful it is and you can slow it down with customized Gain & Expo settings but it's still not as smooth. Many movements with my I1 are jerky and super quick. The I1 is so responsive that (for me) it's hard to transition smoothly from one move to the next. With that being said, I see specific uses for each copter and like everyone else, I can not f*ck'n wait for this gimbal to arrive!
No issues ever with "my" I1. Mind you; I've flow in a 2 controller set up with my buddy and his "kind of" flew away in Valley Forge but it came back.
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3 weeks ago my wife took our dog to the park and let him swallow half a ball. Long story short; 2 days sick dog, dog surgery, belly and instinal track cut open, rubber ball removed and $4500 later, the dog is fine and today was out first visit back to that park.
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Charged 1 Solo battery last night and the controller was still almost fully charged after 3 weeks. Got to the park, turned everything on, no problem. 9 Sats in 2 minutes or less. Connected App, took off. Flew around for a couple minutes then setup a cable cam shot, executed the CC shot and pressed Fly to exit it. No issues.. flew around for another couple of minutes and when looked back at the Samsung Tab - I noticed that my flight battery (on the app) still showed 98% battery life. I was like, damn.. this battery is on steroids today. About a minute later looked that controller.. ahHa! App froze! Battery life was closer to about 60%
Stuck Solo up about 30m and restarted the app, brought Solo about 3m from where I was and tried reconnecting to the bird. Was unable to connect back to Solo. Tried a couple more times then gave up. Needless to say, I flew around in Stabilize and Manual Mode for the rest of the battery. Happy to say, I got about the max from the battery; almost 20 minutes. Frustrated to experience not being able to reconnect to the bird.. Packed up Solo, leashed the dog. Came home. Hop'd on here and gave my opinion about the new go pro model specs.
No issues ever with "my" I1. Mind you; I've flow in a 2 controller set up with my buddy and his "kind of" flew away in Valley Forge but it came back.
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3 weeks ago my wife took our dog to the park and let him swallow half a ball. Long story short; 2 days sick dog, dog surgery, belly and instinal track cut open, rubber ball removed and $4500 later, the dog is fine and today was out first visit back to that park.
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Charged 1 Solo battery last night and the controller was still almost fully charged after 3 weeks. Got to the park, turned everything on, no problem. 9 Sats in 2 minutes or less. Connected App, took off. Flew around for a couple minutes then setup a cable cam shot, executed the CC shot and pressed Fly to exit it. No issues.. flew around for another couple of minutes and when looked back at the Samsung Tab - I noticed that my flight battery (on the app) still showed 98% battery life. I was like, damn.. this battery is on steroids today. About a minute later looked that controller.. ahHa! App froze! Battery life was closer to about 60%
Stuck Solo up about 30m and restarted the app, brought Solo about 3m from where I was and tried reconnecting to the bird. Was unable to connect back to Solo. Tried a couple more times then gave up. Needless to say, I flew around in Stabilize and Manual Mode for the rest of the battery. Happy to say, I got about the max from the battery; almost 20 minutes. Frustrated to experience not being able to reconnect to the bird.. Packed up Solo, leashed the dog. Came home. Hop'd on here and gave my opinion about the new go pro model specs.
