So I had a pre-order with B&H and got an e-mail yesterday saying that I was still back ordered. The did not say when I could expect my order to be fulfilled. So, I went over to Best Buy and they had one in stock. They did not have any extra batteries, but they gave me a $150 gift card to buy one from another store or online. I walked out of Best Buy and called B&H to cancel my order.
At home, I charged the controller and the battery. Once charged, I updated with the preflight update using my iPhone 5S. It worked perfectly and was done in about 5 minutes by following the directions on the phone and controller. After the update, I took the Solo outside without props and let it get its first GPS lock. It took a few minutes as I was close to my house and there are trees. It locked in with 6 satellites and good HDOP . Shut everything down.
Today, I went to a park and took my first flight. Auto fly, auto land, RTL and did low level box maneuvers to see how it would respond. Stayed within 300 ft and no higher than 150 ft. Everything worked perfectly and flew for about 20 minutes to 30%. I did not attach a GOPRO, so I did not get a chance to test the video feed. It was fun to fly, and I can't wait to get better and do more with it. Later today, I try some other flight modes.
I did log a ticket to get my flight logs. Instead of sending them to 3DR, I sent them to myself. When I got into the office, I opened them with Mission Planner and watched my flight and log data. Really cool, I also exported the log to Google Earth and saw my flight path with roll, pitch and yaw data for each point. This thing is seriously cool!
At home, I charged the controller and the battery. Once charged, I updated with the preflight update using my iPhone 5S. It worked perfectly and was done in about 5 minutes by following the directions on the phone and controller. After the update, I took the Solo outside without props and let it get its first GPS lock. It took a few minutes as I was close to my house and there are trees. It locked in with 6 satellites and good HDOP . Shut everything down.
Today, I went to a park and took my first flight. Auto fly, auto land, RTL and did low level box maneuvers to see how it would respond. Stayed within 300 ft and no higher than 150 ft. Everything worked perfectly and flew for about 20 minutes to 30%. I did not attach a GOPRO, so I did not get a chance to test the video feed. It was fun to fly, and I can't wait to get better and do more with it. Later today, I try some other flight modes.
I did log a ticket to get my flight logs. Instead of sending them to 3DR, I sent them to myself. When I got into the office, I opened them with Mission Planner and watched my flight and log data. Really cool, I also exported the log to Google Earth and saw my flight path with roll, pitch and yaw data for each point. This thing is seriously cool!
