Delayed Solo Release

[Yourviewfromabove]

Best Buy website now shows 3DR SOLO as coming soon.. w/o delivery date or in store date.

 

[rrmccabe]

Sorry but no

Sorry but Yes

I just called 3DR. EVERYONE is getting a free battery. Sounds like they are going to do a cutoff some time in July.

 

[TheeRod]

Sorry but Yes

I just called 3DR. EVERYONE is getting a free battery. Sounds like they are going to do a cutoff some time in July.

Now that is some good news, even though i ordered one with my original order it never hurts to have another one for FREEEEEEE

 

[DITUAV]

re delay.
I got an email stating the iOS app will not be released until possibly next week. This could have stalled their roll out since without the app you wouldn't be able to use a number of the features they promote as "outta the box"

Just throwing it out there.

 

[Yourviewfromabove]

re delay.
I got an email stating the iOS app will not be released until possibly next week. This could have stalled their roll out since without the app you wouldn't be able to use a number of the features they promote as "outta the box"

Just throwing it out there.

Is 3DR going to blame Apple like DJI did when people had the P3 in hand but the App was not released? LOL

 

[Koz]

Is 3DR going to blame Apple like DJI did when people had the P3 in hand but the App was not released? LOL

As someone who develops apps I can tell you that submitting an app for approval to the App Store can be a lengthy and frustrating process. Even if your app meets 100% of Apples design and layout specs it can still take weeks for them to approve the app. If they found something day don't like in the code or the layout you make the fixes and then start the submission and wait process once again. So something as simple as resizing a button or menu may mean it takes 4 weeks for the app to be approved.

Google Play, on the other hand is a breeze to get an app published. Once you submit an app it goes through the automated check process and will be live within a few hours if there are no issues. Apple appears to employ people to physically test the app along with the automated checks.

 

[DodgeP]

As someone who develops apps I can tell you that submitting an app for approval to the App Store can be a lengthy and frustrating process. Even if your app meets 100% of Apples design and layout specs it can still take weeks for them to approve the app. If they found something day don't like in the code or the layout you make the fixes and then start the submission and wait process once again. So something as simple as resizing a button or menu may mean it takes 4 weeks for the app to be approved.

Google Play, on the other hand is a breeze to get an app published. Once you submit an app it goes through the automated check process and will be live within a few hours if there are no issues. Apple appears to employ people to physically test the app along with the automated checks.

Which is part of the reason why apps on the iPhone look and run a lot smoother than those on Android. I would prefer that Apple tested things prior to them hitting the app store rather than me being the beta tester when I'm expecting something to work flawlessly once I download it.

 

[rrmccabe]

Seems to be more information regarding app. Not saying below is right just saying there is some discrepancy in what they are saying. The Thursday they are talking about is tomorrow.

 

[Barry Mews]

The app is already in the iOS store. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/3dr-solo/id994196915?mt=8

 

[flyer4life]

What I have no respect for is not sharing the delay. From the moment the unit is complete it needs to be boxed, shipped from China, received in US warehouse, reshipped to customers. That does not happen over night. If it ends up being delayed then 3DR knew this in advance.

Regardless of what the 3DR nut huggers say I still believe they rushed it to market because of the P3 shipping.

As I mentioned above this is my first 3DR experience.....

I just bought a Solo from Fry's 2 days ago. I don't think they were supposed to sell it to me because they are "unavailable" now. It's a very solid product. My wife love's to fly it (she is a beginner). It's a little slow for my tastes but I don't really care about AP. I like to fly very fast. I will have to upgrade the motors. It is a very solid product thus far.

 

[rrmccabe]

I just bought a Solo from Fry's 2 days ago. I don't think they were supposed to sell it to me because they are "unavailable" now. It's a very solid product. My wife love's to fly it (she is a beginner). It's a little slow for my tastes but I don't really care about AP. I like to fly very fast. I will have to upgrade the motors. It is a very solid product thus far.

Well I don't think you need a motor update. I think you just need to switch modes. I doubt a motor swap on one of these would be very easy anyway along with the ESC.

 

[Raybro]

I just bought a Solo from Fry's 2 days ago. I don't think they were supposed to sell it to me because they are "unavailable" now. It's a very solid product. My wife love's to fly it (she is a beginner). It's a little slow for my tastes but I don't really care about AP. I like to fly very fast. I will have to upgrade the motors. It is a very solid product thus far.

Fly it in Acro with speed set to high.....

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[DodgeP]

I just bought a Solo from Fry's 2 days ago. I don't think they were supposed to sell it to me because they are "unavailable" now. It's a very solid product. My wife love's to fly it (she is a beginner). It's a little slow for my tastes but I don't really care about AP. I like to fly very fast. I will have to upgrade the motors. It is a very solid product thus far.

Have you tweaked the settings? Initially out of the box it's really slow but you can change the speed settings within the app.

 

[GoodnNuff]

I just bought a Solo from Fry's 2 days ago. I don't think they were supposed to sell it to me because they are "unavailable" now. It's a very solid product. My wife love's to fly it (she is a beginner). It's a little slow for my tastes but I don't really care about AP. I like to fly very fast. I will have to upgrade the motors. It is a very solid product thus far.

Go to the settings in your app and change the speed. It is fast when you do.

 

[GoodnNuff]

Fly it in Acro with speed set to high.....

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Nice flying Raybro! I'm impressed!

 

[Raybro]

Nice flying Raybro! I'm impressed!

That wasn't me!!! I'd crash if I tried that...

 

[Dirby]

Fly it in Acro with speed set to high.....

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i am going to stay out of the acro mode.
to dangerious for me.

 

[Dirby]

i am going to stay out of the acro mode.
to dangerious for me.

that would

i am going to stay out of the acro mode.
to dangerious for me.

this would be like trying to kill Flys in your house useing a 12 ga shot gun.

 

[ken nielsen]

Nice flying Raybro! I'm impressed!

Yepper me too

 

[RichWest]

There would be a puddle of liquids underneath me after about 2 minutes of flying like that... @Raybro , right on!