Hello fellow pilots. I am an Aerospace/Electronics Engineer. I specialize in satellite communications.
I started messing around with drones last year when I got a used Promark GPS shadow for cheap. After getting I found out why it was so cheap...lots of problems. After replacing main board, propellers (due to several crashes) and repairing the GPS reciever I finally ended up with a nice flyable stable drone.
I learned tons about drones and got the bug to move to a nicer higher performing drone.
I bought a bought a very nice but used 3DR Solo this last week for a good price.
I got a 3DR solo drone (excellent shape with no scratches or dings) , two batteries, extra props, controller, chargers (controller and flight battery), gopro Hero 4 black, tons of gopro accessories, a gimbal, a fixed camera mount and nice Lowepro backpack.
Based upon my experience with the Promark the Solo takes flying to the next level.
I had one problem with the setup. The video streaming from the Gopro was not working I could only fly by direct line of sight. After several days of troubleshooting to include disassembling the Solo I found nothing wrong with the drone. I borrowed a Gopro 3 from a friend and Viloa' video.
I found this truly awesome forum while trying to find a solution for the Solo's loss of video.
You guys have put together a truly incredible reference for the 3DR Solo.
I disassembled the Gopro 4 (this is not for the faint of heart) and found nothing wrong. I finally inspect the HDMI port and found three fragile conductors inside the connector were damaged and shorted to the connector shield.
I ended up having to buy a lightly used, nearly new, Gopro Hero 4 Silver and it has been working great.
I just installed a new set of Master Airscrew props and found the Solo is even more stable. Wow!
The next two upgrades will be:
1. Solex
2. GPS reciever. I get relatively good GPS lock with 6-8 satellites, but, having read many pages of posts on this forum and I am pretty sure the GPS reciever must be a rev A. I will at least upgrade to the reciever to a rev B.
Finally I just want to say thanks again to everyone that has posted on this forum.
I has given me incredible confidence in the Solo and know if I do have problems there are people whom I can turn to for help.
- Mike
I started messing around with drones last year when I got a used Promark GPS shadow for cheap. After getting I found out why it was so cheap...lots of problems. After replacing main board, propellers (due to several crashes) and repairing the GPS reciever I finally ended up with a nice flyable stable drone.
I learned tons about drones and got the bug to move to a nicer higher performing drone.
I bought a bought a very nice but used 3DR Solo this last week for a good price.
I got a 3DR solo drone (excellent shape with no scratches or dings) , two batteries, extra props, controller, chargers (controller and flight battery), gopro Hero 4 black, tons of gopro accessories, a gimbal, a fixed camera mount and nice Lowepro backpack.
Based upon my experience with the Promark the Solo takes flying to the next level.
I had one problem with the setup. The video streaming from the Gopro was not working I could only fly by direct line of sight. After several days of troubleshooting to include disassembling the Solo I found nothing wrong with the drone. I borrowed a Gopro 3 from a friend and Viloa' video.
I found this truly awesome forum while trying to find a solution for the Solo's loss of video.
You guys have put together a truly incredible reference for the 3DR Solo.
I disassembled the Gopro 4 (this is not for the faint of heart) and found nothing wrong. I finally inspect the HDMI port and found three fragile conductors inside the connector were damaged and shorted to the connector shield.
I ended up having to buy a lightly used, nearly new, Gopro Hero 4 Silver and it has been working great.
I just installed a new set of Master Airscrew props and found the Solo is even more stable. Wow!
The next two upgrades will be:
1. Solex
2. GPS reciever. I get relatively good GPS lock with 6-8 satellites, but, having read many pages of posts on this forum and I am pretty sure the GPS reciever must be a rev A. I will at least upgrade to the reciever to a rev B.
Finally I just want to say thanks again to everyone that has posted on this forum.
I has given me incredible confidence in the Solo and know if I do have problems there are people whom I can turn to for help.
- Mike
