The year waiting until my wife relented and let me get a Solo because it was $599 on Prime day was worth it. I got my Solo on Thursday. Friday night I charged everything, updated the controller, copter, and made sure the GoPro 3+ black worked and the gimbal. I checked everything on the Solo to make sure it was tight and in good shape for flying. I checked the balance of the props and they were good. I packed up for flights this morning.
So...I flew today and it was everything I hoped for.
Notes:
-- I forgot to take out the gimbal foam, but during preflight checks I caught it. I added some orange duct-tape to it to help me remember it in the future.
--Gimbal and camera worked great and footage was good. (I will share later)
-- The take off and land features worked great, however I can also take off and land manually, which I prefer. Solo recognizes when you land and shuts down motors. cool!
-- I tried out orbit, selfie, and cable cam and they worked well. How do I get to the start of cable cam?
-- After an orbit, I hit FLY to return to normal control and it decided to land! I pressed FLY another time but it didn't matter, it landed. (Did I hit HOME???) However, when Solo landed, motors shut down, and it said press FLY to start...the Solo did not respond to multiple tries at starting the motors even though the controller said everything was "good". The controller acted normal, but no response from Solo. I also noticed at the same time my phone had frozen as well. So i restarted Solo and it still didn't work. So then I powered down the Solo and the controller and did a hard restart on the phone. When I got everything going, I was ready to fly. I'm not sure what happened. It's just like every damn thing now-a-days...just restart it!
--I had my phone recording the video, as well as on the GoPro.
--I tested return to home several times and it worked great, but almost landed on my car because I didn't give my self enough distance from the car.
--When the battery got to or below 15%, it returned home automatically without problem.
--It would not start for another flight when the battery is low.
--I tested the 150 ft limit and it worked, the copter would not go higher, but allowed normal flight at that altitude.
--I never lost connection or gps. I went about 600 feet away.
--I was very happy after 3 batteries and ready for more.
-Tom
So...I flew today and it was everything I hoped for.
Notes:
-- I forgot to take out the gimbal foam, but during preflight checks I caught it. I added some orange duct-tape to it to help me remember it in the future.
--Gimbal and camera worked great and footage was good. (I will share later)
-- The take off and land features worked great, however I can also take off and land manually, which I prefer. Solo recognizes when you land and shuts down motors. cool!
-- I tried out orbit, selfie, and cable cam and they worked well. How do I get to the start of cable cam?
-- After an orbit, I hit FLY to return to normal control and it decided to land! I pressed FLY another time but it didn't matter, it landed. (Did I hit HOME???) However, when Solo landed, motors shut down, and it said press FLY to start...the Solo did not respond to multiple tries at starting the motors even though the controller said everything was "good". The controller acted normal, but no response from Solo. I also noticed at the same time my phone had frozen as well. So i restarted Solo and it still didn't work. So then I powered down the Solo and the controller and did a hard restart on the phone. When I got everything going, I was ready to fly. I'm not sure what happened. It's just like every damn thing now-a-days...just restart it!
--I had my phone recording the video, as well as on the GoPro.
--I tested return to home several times and it worked great, but almost landed on my car because I didn't give my self enough distance from the car.
--When the battery got to or below 15%, it returned home automatically without problem.
--It would not start for another flight when the battery is low.
--I tested the 150 ft limit and it worked, the copter would not go higher, but allowed normal flight at that altitude.
--I never lost connection or gps. I went about 600 feet away.
--I was very happy after 3 batteries and ready for more.
-Tom
