Green Rev A, I take it?I upgraded two of my GPS to mRO M8N anyone interested in buying my stock GPS - I got two of them
Green Rev A, I take it?I upgraded two of my GPS to mRO M8N anyone interested in buying my stock GPS - I got two of them
Not sure how much they are worth - I'm just throwing out numbers let me knowHow much $ 50 each $100 for both ok?
How much $ 50 each $100 for both ok?
Didn't really say I'd take it. That was a question. What Revision are they??? I would think that a buyer would want to know.Not sure how much they are worth - I'm just throwing out numbers let me know
Anyone willing to share his Solo Altitude at landing?
Totally agree, an excellent upgrade to Solo 18 - 21 satellites and DHOP 0.6 - 0.8, first flight takes 30 seconds to lock on 16+ satellites, second flight of the flying session takes 15 seconds to acquire sat lock of 16+ satellites. I also use the GPS shield V2.Most of you probably know about this unit, designed by Jordi Munoz, one of the founders of 3D Robotics. When it was initially described as "beta" or something like that, I held off awaiting whatever improvements might be made.
I noticed last week that it dropped the beta tag, is now listed as "Release 2", and I figured what the heck... While I've never had an issue with the stock GPS beside sometimes long lock times, the fact that it often wouldn't pick up more than 6 or 8 satellites concerned me. I've read all the arguments about the susceptibility of the M8N to interference and loss of satellites, but in my thinking, having a narrow band unit that's less susceptible to interference, but is at times only 1 to 2 satellites away from loosing a fix, isn't all together better than a wide band unit that might loose a satellite or two, but is still comfortably 10 satellites away from loosing a fix.
Anyway, I replaced one of my GPSs with a Drotek M8N with decent results, but this one is amazing. I started up my Solo in our townhouse courtyard, which is surrounded by 2 story units, so not the clearest view of the sky. Within a minute of the first start, I had 15 satellites and an HDOP of 1... with the stock, I'd never see more than 7 in this location. I then took the Solo to a local field with a nice clear view of the sky, turned it on and before I could clip my phone into the controller, it was ready to fly with 20 satellites and an HDOP of .6. There was no twitching, no wandering, position holds were rock steady.
Really impressed and if I had the need to have more than one Solo in the sky at the same time, I wouldn't hesitate buying these for the others.
If anyone else was holding off waiting for other's experiences, count me in the satisfied column. Here's a link to the unit:
mRo GPS u-Blox Neo-M8N (Release 2)
I am curious, did you use the same (original) connector for the mRO M8N or did you have to get the adapters also, that are listed on their web site? Thanks!
Thank you, Havoc818!!
Appreciated!Yes, my solo altitude at landing was at ground level. Which happened to be very close to my take off altitude.
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