Solo GPS Rev A / Rev B Availability... Official

Pedals2Paddles · Jul 21, 2016

Mine I ordered on the 4th still says "Processing". Much like most of my past 3DR orders that never properly process. Customer Support says it's backordered.

bluesgeek · Jul 21, 2016

Pedals2Paddles said:
Customer Support says it's backordered.

That would have been my guess.

I ordered the day it was announced in FB and it took about 10 days. Perhaps they didn't anticipate the number or orders.

Dmitry · Jul 22, 2016

fpvsteve said:
10 days shipment to Germany. Ordered July 1.
The V2 shield rocks. Good results with the rev A GPS. Even better results with my m8n. Time to fix, HDOP and #sats significantly improved.
Cold start <40sec (new location)
Warm start <10 sec
HDOP <0.5 (m8n)
#sats 23-25 (m8n)

Better results than with any of my DIY drones and DJI gear.

Worth the money. No need to buy the "Rev B" GPS.

You use these settings?

PRT: Baud Rate 38400

RATE: Measurement period 200 msec (5 Hz)

GNSS: enable Galileo by checking the box.

NAV5: Dynamic Model Airborne <4G; Fix Mode 3 – Auto 2D/3D

All other params are kept default.

fpvsteve · Jul 22, 2016

Dmitry said:
You use these settings?

PRT: Baud Rate 38400

RATE: Measurement period 200 msec (5 Hz)

GNSS: enable Galileo by checking the box.

NAV5: Dynamic Model Airborne <4G; Fix Mode 3 – Auto 2D/3D

All other params are kept default.

Yes thats what I have configured. Baudrate does not need to be preset since Solo will do this during boot up.

Nick F · Jul 22, 2016

Solo Keith said:
How long did it take once you ordered? Still waiting on mine. Anxious to see the new results

A couple of weeks to Italy

ChrisBird · Jul 22, 2016

My shield arrived at my us address. Waiting for it to make its way to my aussie address. Took a bit to get to my us address.

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BiggSean · Jul 22, 2016

I tried to place an order using the coupon code "FBGPSV2" only to get an error stating "Coupon code usage limit exceeded".

Is anyone else seeing this problem?

PdxSteve · Jul 22, 2016

contact support. It's supposed to be good through July I believe.

PdxSteve · Jul 22, 2016

Look what the UPS dude brought:

pyrate · Jul 22, 2016

Should be interesting to hear your results with the new sheiks my rev A and B perform about the same

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Ronyc · Jul 22, 2016

PdxSteve said:
Look what the UPS dude brought:
View attachment 3879

Where did you purchase? I contacted Currant UAS they said they are checking their stock.

cheebs · Jul 22, 2016

PdxSteve said:
Look what the UPS dude brought:
View attachment 3879

Well they must have gotten a bunch of requests at Current UAS, because they completely ignored my email and never even replied to my request for 2 RevB boards.

pyrate · Jul 22, 2016

try the shield first
you may find you don't need the rev B board

bluesgeek · Jul 22, 2016

cheebs said:
Well they must have gotten a bunch of requests at Current UAS, because they completely ignored my email and never even replied to my request for 2 RevB boards.

Same here... 3 phone calls and email over the course of a week. No reply.

Where did you get yours, Steve?

cheebs · Jul 22, 2016

pyrate said:
try the shield first
you may find you don't need the rev B board

You know, to be honest, I'm fine with the RevA with IMP Concepts shield (my new 3DR shields are still in the mail). I'm just that type of personality... if it's available somewhere I just have to get the damn thing.
One of my Solos I use only every 2 months or so (leave it at a different location) and this last time from cold start after 2 mos of no power it got lock in ~2 mins. After that first lock it took no longer than 45 sec to 1 min to be ready to fly.

pyrate · Jul 23, 2016

people are going wonky over that thing
and it is OK, if you want one and its available grab it
I just think Vu nailed it when the told the group the secret is the shield not the new board

cheebs · Jul 23, 2016

So finally got a reply from Current UAS: "We have been hit with a ton of calls about the rev b gps boards, thank you for your patience, the rev b gps will be back in stock September. Please try back and we can take your order then." I'm confident that I probably won't need it, but will still try again in September.

pyrate · Jul 23, 2016

update just flew 5 batteries
three on the rev a with shield
two on the rev b with shield

No difference in lock or HDOP

bluesgeek · Jul 23, 2016

cheebs said:
So finally got a reply from Current UAS: "We have been hit with a ton of calls about the rev b gps boards, thank you for your patience, the rev b gps will be back in stock September. Please try back and we can take your order then." I'm confident that I probably won't need it, but will still try again in September.

I just received the same reply.