I took a Solo for a flight a week ago. Everything went perfect. Flew like it suppose to - did a nice orbit shot around water tower. Then hit a home button and it landed exactly where it took off. At that point I had about 50% of battery left, so I decided to fly some more.
With 12 GPS satellites locked (white symbol) got up in the air and suddenly remote starts beeping/vibrating saying that GPS signal is lost. It was showing red symbol for 15 GPS at a time. Solo got into a manual mode. Was a bit windy, so it took some of my heart beating trying to land it safely and knowing that I didn't had much of the battery left, but I managed to land it safely.
So since nothing like that happened before, I am thinking that maybe it needs a reboot? So I turned off Solo and a Controller - grabbed a new battery and powered everything again. Got a satellite lock in no time on a ground. Went up in an air - and same happens again. GPS signal lost - manual mode. Landed it again and put back in a storage.
I've sent a support ticket to SOLO, but still have no reply from them - in a chat session they told me that they got it, but they have a very high workflow and that it should take about two weeks to analyze it.
Meanwhile, I've upgraded the GPS module to mRo GPS u-Blox Neo-M8N, and did some testing in my backyard without propellers attached. I got about 18 satellites in view with a lock on a ground, and then when i pick it up and move it up and down it looses the lock. Moving left to right and rotating doesn't seem to affect a lock as much as altitude change. So with an upgrade I got more satellites but with the same problem.
I did a factory reset on Solo and controller, re-calibrated the sensors/GPS with absolutely no effect.
Wanna see if any of you had similar problem and if you guys have any suggestions on what else I could try.'
Thanks.
With 12 GPS satellites locked (white symbol) got up in the air and suddenly remote starts beeping/vibrating saying that GPS signal is lost. It was showing red symbol for 15 GPS at a time. Solo got into a manual mode. Was a bit windy, so it took some of my heart beating trying to land it safely and knowing that I didn't had much of the battery left, but I managed to land it safely.
So since nothing like that happened before, I am thinking that maybe it needs a reboot? So I turned off Solo and a Controller - grabbed a new battery and powered everything again. Got a satellite lock in no time on a ground. Went up in an air - and same happens again. GPS signal lost - manual mode. Landed it again and put back in a storage.
I've sent a support ticket to SOLO, but still have no reply from them - in a chat session they told me that they got it, but they have a very high workflow and that it should take about two weeks to analyze it.
Meanwhile, I've upgraded the GPS module to mRo GPS u-Blox Neo-M8N, and did some testing in my backyard without propellers attached. I got about 18 satellites in view with a lock on a ground, and then when i pick it up and move it up and down it looses the lock. Moving left to right and rotating doesn't seem to affect a lock as much as altitude change. So with an upgrade I got more satellites but with the same problem.
I did a factory reset on Solo and controller, re-calibrated the sensors/GPS with absolutely no effect.
Wanna see if any of you had similar problem and if you guys have any suggestions on what else I could try.'
Thanks.