Hello,
I am new to this forum. I got my Solo about this time in August while I was out of the country. I got home last week and opened up my box and got a few flights in before my controller failed. I am waiting on a replacement now.
In the meantime, I have been doing some extensive research about features, firmware, 3DR, RMA process, frequency of failures. Overall, I'm not super impressed and a little disappointed by what I am reading. It doesn't appear that I bought exactly what I thought I bought.
That said, It DOES appear, that once I get a stable controller and drone in my hands, I'll have a fairly capable system. A system that will still, in many ways, beat most other drones on the market. It will lack a few of the advertised features and I'll probably never get them. Oh well, I'll use the ones I have.
That got me thinking. Where are the developers? Where are the custom apps? I found Solex and Tower - and I think Tower might actually be a 3DR product. Where are the custom features? Where are the people using the SDK and DroneKit - or are those the same things?
With how big the DIY drone industry got, I expected this one would have a huge DIY group to go with it? I would really like to get into that myself but am really struggling to find a good guide to get started.
It's been a while since I have done this style of programming. I think I'm ready to get back into it. Any suggestions, tips, or other forums I should be reading at?
Edit: I should note, I have read the sticky in this forum. It's just not very extensive or have a ton of discussions and collaboration.
I am new to this forum. I got my Solo about this time in August while I was out of the country. I got home last week and opened up my box and got a few flights in before my controller failed. I am waiting on a replacement now.
In the meantime, I have been doing some extensive research about features, firmware, 3DR, RMA process, frequency of failures. Overall, I'm not super impressed and a little disappointed by what I am reading. It doesn't appear that I bought exactly what I thought I bought.
That said, It DOES appear, that once I get a stable controller and drone in my hands, I'll have a fairly capable system. A system that will still, in many ways, beat most other drones on the market. It will lack a few of the advertised features and I'll probably never get them. Oh well, I'll use the ones I have.
That got me thinking. Where are the developers? Where are the custom apps? I found Solex and Tower - and I think Tower might actually be a 3DR product. Where are the custom features? Where are the people using the SDK and DroneKit - or are those the same things?
With how big the DIY drone industry got, I expected this one would have a huge DIY group to go with it? I would really like to get into that myself but am really struggling to find a good guide to get started.
It's been a while since I have done this style of programming. I think I'm ready to get back into it. Any suggestions, tips, or other forums I should be reading at?
Edit: I should note, I have read the sticky in this forum. It's just not very extensive or have a ton of discussions and collaboration.
