I'm sorry for your lost (of interest) Acroduster, I feel your pain. I first caught the multicopter bug from YouTube. I saw the video of the new Apple facility from the air taken by the multicopter. I thought man that is so cool, I want to do that! Then I forgot about it. I was in Fry's Electronics I saw the video playing 3DR IRIS+ I watched intently, then I purchased it.
Of course with all of the accessories, I learned how to fly it, then came the updates and crashes. I lost one of the LEDs. I want to fly so bad I replaced the arm, but I couldn't fix the LED. There were no replacement parts available anywhere. You had to send it back to 3DR, what? That's when I knew something wasn't right, and I did like the fact, that I have to buy a solider iron.
Now I had to reinstall the operating system and updates, I don't know today if the updates were done correctly. I could not get the LED fixed I kinda gave up. So I purchased another IRIS+ the display. The Fry's manager assured me that it had never been flown, I make the purchase walk out the store the sunlight hits the copter there is no box it a display.
I see the propellers have been chipped, someone tried to fly it inside the store. He took $20 off, I paid $597.00 for it, the Solo was not out yet. The first IRIS+ they robbed me! I'm the kind of guy that believes in his team win or lose, yes. I have no Solo with GoPro Hero 4 Sliver in the bottom of the San Francisco bay, one that crashed in Arco Mode, one IRIS+ that want arm, and another that kinda flies, both with three LEDs each.
Are you doing the math, plus a IRIS+ GPC case with wheels and a Solo GPC case and all the accessories for both. I feel like I threw away $7000.00, a lady pointed a gun at the multi-copter then me and this couple that was asking me questions about Solo. Yes, I did report her to the police and they spoke with her. I just wanted them to let her know this is not legal or proper behavior.
At some point you have to accept your losses and move on, I'm on the fence. This 3 axis gimbal performance is unacceptable. The 2 axis gimbal on my IRIS+ worked better! I am just tired of troubleshooting them all, I just want the damn things to fly consistently and do what I paid for!
I was past the 30 and 90 day points, that why I still have them.