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As I have said before,,
I'm not an expert,, In this hobby I don't believe in the word EXPERT.
I believe words like EXPERIENCED,,, honesty and truthfulness come to mind ,, Over my 40 + years of building, designing, repairing, flying, floating, rolling, and having done most everything that can be done with a TX. RX and a hand full of servos I do feel I am qualified enough to write this post.
I am writing this for the ones that HAVE NOT been in this hobby very long and think everything they see is COOL or the best just because they purchased it so they don't feel buyer remorse. Or for the ones that start an argument and fight tooth and nail to convince others that what they have purchased is the best product ever made just to justify there purchase mistake and want others to believe it for vindication.
For example,,
In my years I have owned over 45 radios of different brands trying THE BEST keeping up with technology and new electronics. Today I am down to a JR10X, (retired) Jeti DS-16 and waiting on a new Jeti DS-24.
I also have a Spektrum DX-18 and a Futaba 18MZ. I have well over $10000.00 in radios and radio equipment not counting helicopters, planes, FPV, Multi rotors and boxes and cabinets packed with engines servos and well you get my point,, I do love this hobby..
Please ask me what Radio is the best.
I can tell you that all of them have there good points and there bad and any answer I would give someone would not like my answer and I would have to close this thread because the flames would get HOT. I can say there is Good,, Bad and JUNK... I will also tell you that I wish I would not have purchased the radio with a $800.00 price point nor the radio with a $3000.00 price point..
I'm not one for the feel of a Plastic radio, I'm old school and have man hands and don't like the feel of plastic radios. I'm sure someone will say that plastic is better for flying in the cold.. BS.. I live in Minnesota we have had -40 below winter days and I have flown in -20 or colder ,, its don't matter.. cold is cold but I can tell you this,,, aluminum case retains heat longer then plastic does so if you fly with a hand warmer in a radio bag aluminum is a good heat sink and will keep your hands warmer then any plastic radio.
I guess for you younger adolescence lads it would probably be like comparing a living breathing women to a BLOW UP DOLL..
I personally like something with a little weight and don't have to worry about cracking it if it bumps the table.
So you all know,,
I have also owned and "Sent Back" my Solo, months ago ,,
Being one of first to get it awhile back and after two weeks of heavy test flying I was not impressed at all.
Again if your a novice and have never owned anything RC and the SOLO is your first aircraft please don't start flaming this post because you don't have the experience or the flight time to know a GOOD product from a BAD product..
I am one that I have always built my own stuff and I wanted for the first time in my life try an OUT OF THE BOX..setup because I believe in 3DR and for all the people that have used 3DR Pixhawk I personally have never had a problem or issues with it..
As a matter of fact I own 4 Pixhawks and have logged over 200,, 30 min flights on one of the units without issues. Personally I find it to be a great product as my experience with the Pixhawk has shown that.
So were did 3DR go wrong with SOLO?? I don't know.. To many investors, to many people wanting a return on there investment and pushing to get the product out the door unfinished ,, Greedy ,, maybe all of the above.. Solo was not close to being in the hands of the public let alone the hands of NOVICE ..
EVEN A MONKEY CAN FLY IT.. Sorry not from the testing I had done and the issues I have seen.
I will not say Pilots.. just novice..
Just because you purchase a aircraft does not make you a pilot, it takes years and hours of experience to be a PILOT. Not days and minutes..
SO I'm sure by now I have a few of you that are starting to get upset,, That's OK remember what I said at the beginning of this post about people that purchase things.. If your one of them than you better not read any further because your really going to defend your SOLO to justify your purchase.
My expectations of ANY Product better match the MANUFACTURE HYPE and should be able to do what the manufacture had designed it to do and to do it right,,, RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.
NO GPS modifications,, NO WIFI modifications and many others that will come along to MAKE the SOLO do what it was suppose to do out of the box..
I was expecting to be WOWED with the new PIXHAWK II on board.. the 25 Min flight times without gimbal.
and much more. I was expecting 100% performance and design ready just as the manufacture promised.. ADVERTISED...
I have found that the SOLO falls short on many of its promises on many topics so I sent it back because it was unfinished, overpriced and over hyped.. It simply could not deliver what was promised from 3DR...
For the ones that are starting to smolder and feel the heat rising.. better Run..
I own DJI and 3DR products and a few others so I'm not talking out of my DONKEY..(ass)
Again I have never had any issues with my DJI equipment,, I know there service sucks and warranty is awful from what I understand but again I have never had to warranty anything so I guess I'm lucky..
SO by now you are all wondering what the point of this post is..
3DR better make some changes and do it soon....Fire who you have too and start over..
I just spent the day with DJI inspire 1 with the new updated app and camera operation and control options and flight controller..
I can say and I do HATE TO SAY IT,, DJI Inspire has nothing to worry about sitting next to the SOLO,,
Its like comparing a VW bug to Harrier jump jet.. The Inspire that I was using has about 50 flight hours and still performs flawless.. yes others have had issues with the Inspire just as others have had issues with the SOLO and Phantoms and anything else that flies ..
Personally experiencing issues with the SOLO I took the Inspire for a full day of testing in the same area I had flown the Solo,, I had ZERO issues with the Inspire flying in the same area I had flown the SOLO..
Inspire
TWO mile FULL HD SOLID video link ,,
NO fancy aftermarket antennas.
No fighting GPS issues.
No compass issues.
The App is very well setup with all flight data and even warns you when you are reaching the point of no return on battery life. Once your flight time and battery power data intersect its time to turn back for home.. Very nice..
SOLO app,, no comment.
No issues with GPS compared to the SOLO testing in the same test area and environment.
There is so much with the Inspire that the SOLO is lacking..
Yes,, YES I know you cant compare the SOLO to the Inspire 1 and you have to compare it to the Phantom but my point is this... Price point,,, BANG FOR THE BUCK..
By the time you purchase a SOLO , GOPRO 4 , Gimbal and all the other updates to get the SOLO to be reliable enough to use your pushing over $2000.00.
Inspire 1 cost $2900.00..
For $900.00 more you get 80% more machine...
3DR
I had HIGH HOPES for SOLO but it was only a wet dream.. I was wishing that 3DR would give DJI a run for there money but its not going to happen this year. I hope that Summer of 2016 the SOLO II will be released and I will once more try a SOLO.. If you have no SOLO 2.0 please start selling the Pixhawk II FC So I can try this in some of my new designs.
I'm not an expert,, In this hobby I don't believe in the word EXPERT.
I believe words like EXPERIENCED,,, honesty and truthfulness come to mind ,, Over my 40 + years of building, designing, repairing, flying, floating, rolling, and having done most everything that can be done with a TX. RX and a hand full of servos I do feel I am qualified enough to write this post.
I am writing this for the ones that HAVE NOT been in this hobby very long and think everything they see is COOL or the best just because they purchased it so they don't feel buyer remorse. Or for the ones that start an argument and fight tooth and nail to convince others that what they have purchased is the best product ever made just to justify there purchase mistake and want others to believe it for vindication.
For example,,
In my years I have owned over 45 radios of different brands trying THE BEST keeping up with technology and new electronics. Today I am down to a JR10X, (retired) Jeti DS-16 and waiting on a new Jeti DS-24.
I also have a Spektrum DX-18 and a Futaba 18MZ. I have well over $10000.00 in radios and radio equipment not counting helicopters, planes, FPV, Multi rotors and boxes and cabinets packed with engines servos and well you get my point,, I do love this hobby..
Please ask me what Radio is the best.
I can tell you that all of them have there good points and there bad and any answer I would give someone would not like my answer and I would have to close this thread because the flames would get HOT. I can say there is Good,, Bad and JUNK... I will also tell you that I wish I would not have purchased the radio with a $800.00 price point nor the radio with a $3000.00 price point..
I'm not one for the feel of a Plastic radio, I'm old school and have man hands and don't like the feel of plastic radios. I'm sure someone will say that plastic is better for flying in the cold.. BS.. I live in Minnesota we have had -40 below winter days and I have flown in -20 or colder ,, its don't matter.. cold is cold but I can tell you this,,, aluminum case retains heat longer then plastic does so if you fly with a hand warmer in a radio bag aluminum is a good heat sink and will keep your hands warmer then any plastic radio.
I guess for you younger adolescence lads it would probably be like comparing a living breathing women to a BLOW UP DOLL..
I personally like something with a little weight and don't have to worry about cracking it if it bumps the table.
So you all know,,
I have also owned and "Sent Back" my Solo, months ago ,,
Being one of first to get it awhile back and after two weeks of heavy test flying I was not impressed at all.
Again if your a novice and have never owned anything RC and the SOLO is your first aircraft please don't start flaming this post because you don't have the experience or the flight time to know a GOOD product from a BAD product..
I am one that I have always built my own stuff and I wanted for the first time in my life try an OUT OF THE BOX..setup because I believe in 3DR and for all the people that have used 3DR Pixhawk I personally have never had a problem or issues with it..
As a matter of fact I own 4 Pixhawks and have logged over 200,, 30 min flights on one of the units without issues. Personally I find it to be a great product as my experience with the Pixhawk has shown that.
So were did 3DR go wrong with SOLO?? I don't know.. To many investors, to many people wanting a return on there investment and pushing to get the product out the door unfinished ,, Greedy ,, maybe all of the above.. Solo was not close to being in the hands of the public let alone the hands of NOVICE ..
EVEN A MONKEY CAN FLY IT.. Sorry not from the testing I had done and the issues I have seen.
I will not say Pilots.. just novice..
Just because you purchase a aircraft does not make you a pilot, it takes years and hours of experience to be a PILOT. Not days and minutes..
SO I'm sure by now I have a few of you that are starting to get upset,, That's OK remember what I said at the beginning of this post about people that purchase things.. If your one of them than you better not read any further because your really going to defend your SOLO to justify your purchase.
My expectations of ANY Product better match the MANUFACTURE HYPE and should be able to do what the manufacture had designed it to do and to do it right,,, RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.
NO GPS modifications,, NO WIFI modifications and many others that will come along to MAKE the SOLO do what it was suppose to do out of the box..
I was expecting to be WOWED with the new PIXHAWK II on board.. the 25 Min flight times without gimbal.
and much more. I was expecting 100% performance and design ready just as the manufacture promised.. ADVERTISED...
I have found that the SOLO falls short on many of its promises on many topics so I sent it back because it was unfinished, overpriced and over hyped.. It simply could not deliver what was promised from 3DR...
For the ones that are starting to smolder and feel the heat rising.. better Run..
I own DJI and 3DR products and a few others so I'm not talking out of my DONKEY..(ass)
Again I have never had any issues with my DJI equipment,, I know there service sucks and warranty is awful from what I understand but again I have never had to warranty anything so I guess I'm lucky..
SO by now you are all wondering what the point of this post is..
3DR better make some changes and do it soon....Fire who you have too and start over..
I just spent the day with DJI inspire 1 with the new updated app and camera operation and control options and flight controller..
I can say and I do HATE TO SAY IT,, DJI Inspire has nothing to worry about sitting next to the SOLO,,
Its like comparing a VW bug to Harrier jump jet.. The Inspire that I was using has about 50 flight hours and still performs flawless.. yes others have had issues with the Inspire just as others have had issues with the SOLO and Phantoms and anything else that flies ..
Personally experiencing issues with the SOLO I took the Inspire for a full day of testing in the same area I had flown the Solo,, I had ZERO issues with the Inspire flying in the same area I had flown the SOLO..
Inspire
TWO mile FULL HD SOLID video link ,,
NO fancy aftermarket antennas.
No fighting GPS issues.
No compass issues.
The App is very well setup with all flight data and even warns you when you are reaching the point of no return on battery life. Once your flight time and battery power data intersect its time to turn back for home.. Very nice..
SOLO app,, no comment.
No issues with GPS compared to the SOLO testing in the same test area and environment.
There is so much with the Inspire that the SOLO is lacking..
Yes,, YES I know you cant compare the SOLO to the Inspire 1 and you have to compare it to the Phantom but my point is this... Price point,,, BANG FOR THE BUCK..
By the time you purchase a SOLO , GOPRO 4 , Gimbal and all the other updates to get the SOLO to be reliable enough to use your pushing over $2000.00.
Inspire 1 cost $2900.00..
For $900.00 more you get 80% more machine...
3DR
I had HIGH HOPES for SOLO but it was only a wet dream.. I was wishing that 3DR would give DJI a run for there money but its not going to happen this year. I hope that Summer of 2016 the SOLO II will be released and I will once more try a SOLO.. If you have no SOLO 2.0 please start selling the Pixhawk II FC So I can try this in some of my new designs.
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