I'm on the fence.....Solo vs Phantom 3

Freebird · Jun 27, 2015

That's not wind. It's being propelled in that direction. And switching to manual mode manually sounds good but most cases I have seen they didn't have a chance.

rrmccabe · Jun 27, 2015

Freebird said:
That's not wind. It's being propelled in that direction. And switching to manual mode manually sounds good but most cases I have seen they didn't have a chance.

Yea in 3DRs video probably not.

DBS · Jun 27, 2015

That video ... it was the pilot ... the drone was facing her and she pushed the stick the wrong way... I bet my lunch on that.

The tone of her voice as she answered to "what happened?" She was covering ... she knows it was her own fault.

Dirby · Jun 27, 2015

Freebird said:
I been on the fence too. I know support is better but geez I don't want to have to use them. Everyday brings another video of another incident. The Facebook page is blowing up. Sure some peeps are not having issues but since it's random they could be next. The latest video is what appears to be a 3dr rep giving a demo flight. It takes off hard right and hits somebody.

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this is what happens when you fly in confined space.
solo was coming toward her and she got a case of the Dumb Thumbs.
CRASH.
fly in large open areas.

Freebird · Jun 27, 2015

That bird was in a hover. It suddenly banked. On its own I said banked hard right. It was not wind or pilot.

Jubalr · Jun 27, 2015

I replayed it several times. It was very easy to see that the Solo was pointed towards her and she didn't reverse the sticks in her head. Just before it hit the truck, you can see she started to put the correct correction in, but was too late.

rrmccabe · Jun 27, 2015

Honestly I have been in that spot myself which is why I still land with the bird facing away. It doesn't take much backwards stick movement to ruin your day.

Freebird · Jun 27, 2015

Jubalr said:
I replayed it several times. It was very easy to see that the Solo was pointed towards her and she didn't reverse the sticks in her head. Just before it hit the truck, you can see she started to put the correct correction in, but was too late.

For sure she was nose in no question. It was in a hover. Why would she go right or left at all especially in a high angle and that speed. It zoomed hard right.

thefrog · Jun 27, 2015

rrmccabe said:
I don't know this for a fact but pretty sure the Solo "wifi" is only the connection from the tablet/phone to the controller. Both use similar "RF" technology on the same frequencies. They just use different protocols to do it on that frequency.

Solo does indeed use wifi for connection between the controller and Solo for both commands and video stream. Standard wifi protocols and standard wifi Atheros chipset.

thefrog · Jun 27, 2015

1013D said:
Seems like 90% of these crashes are related to Gps signal loss or degradation....

3DR support is calling this "GPS bug" which shall be supposedly fixed no later than in two weeks. I hope it will be sooner.

Freebird · Jun 27, 2015

thefrog said:
3DR support is calling this "GPS bug" which shall be supposedly fixed no later than in two weeks. I hope it will be sooner.

Oh really ! Hmmm.

Freebird · Jun 27, 2015

I would not fly till you get the update.

rrmccabe · Jun 27, 2015

thefrog said:
Solo does indeed use wifi for connection between the controller and Solo for both commands and video stream. Standard wifi protocols and standard wifi Atheros chipset.

Do you have any documentation on this? Not sure what you mean standard WiFi protocols. Please elaborate.

I have no doubt this is the case on the Controller to Tablet/Phone.

nacjr · Jun 27, 2015

DBS said:
And no... Solo doesn't use Wi-Fi from the bird to the controller... just from the phone to controller... common misconception...

If not Wi-Fi from controller to solo, what is it?

Thanks

nc

Freebird · Jun 27, 2015

rrmccabe said:
Do you have any documentation on this? Not sure what you mean standard WiFi protocols. Please elaborate.

I have no doubt this is the case on the Controller to Tablet/Phone.

I saw this mentioned somewhere else too. I mean it may be 2.4 but it's not like it's your everyday run of the mill consumer wifi to control the solo. If so there's your range issue lololol

rrmccabe · Jun 27, 2015

Well the P3 is 2.4 is well

Lon Snyder · Jun 27, 2015

It's just no really fair to compare as the P3 is a 3rd generation product and the Solo is a first generation. I'm still flying my P2/Zenmuse/GoPro set up and it works great. My conclusion from watching both the DJI and 3DR chat boards is until 3DR fixes what appears to be a problem with the Solo flying in confined areas (an area were a Phantom would not have a problem), the Phantom is still more reliable choice at this point in time. I hope 3DR will better their product such that it becomes the better choice.