Im at the Breaking point with this thing. I love flying it, but it just isn't safe. That's it end of story.
The last AP drone I had was a 350QX2 and no it did not have smart shots or FPV range of over a few hundred feet, but it was not a $2000 investment with a mind of its own.
My solo has a GPS issue it wants to take off when it loses GPS, it does not switch to FLY and if it is, it is not alerting me at all.
4 major events that I will relate to gps.
1st Event: 1.01 software took off in an open area of a yard, hit RTH saw it was going the wrong way, back to fly moved it to the correct area manually, tried RTH again, wanted to go the wrong area again. So I decide to land
by just holding fly, well no one tells you that at 5-6% battery it does an auto RTH? So it takes off for a quick 40 ft run to where it has been trying to go all along into a tree top. I fought it and got it back but the props ticked the limbs of the tree before I got control back.
Ticket submitted and all they could say was you took off by a tree, uh no, no I didn't your GPS set the home point in the wrong area. upgrade to 1.05. Yeah free props.
2nd Event: 1.05 software took off to fly in a canyon, yeah you might expect gps issues there, flight was good a little drift but I kept it safely out of the trees and rocks, bring it back up to the bluff to set it down... Not a RTH.
hover over the bluff but safely on solid ground hold FLY to land It starts flying hard right, so I have to grab the leg which makes it go full power, I have to reach under and power it down without getting sliced. Conclusion, coming up out of the canyon it started reacquiring satellites and decided to take off on a correction of its own authority.
3rd Event: 1.05 software took off same place as event one, flying out in the open over a cemetery, hovering, going up and down and back up a few times give it altitude and forward pitch and the thing does a complete 360 clockwise roll in the left to right axis... wtf was that? so I move it a little lower it down just watching, nothing, bring it closer and leave it hovering nothing, leave it up a while for a total flight time of about 8 minutes. nothing else strange. RTH and land, goes to the correct spot. Gets down, bounces, pitches back and crams the back props into the Dirt. Had to use DOWN and AB to kill it . It then says crash detected.
Mission planner shows Horizontal Axis error or something in the flight at the mysterious roll.
4th Event: 1.05 software. Took off and flew one battery just fine, flew up and down an area for 20 mins filming, battery change, flying the same area again. Flew under the same area of low gps that I passed through on the first flight, albeit slower. I guess GPS decided to correct itself because it shot forward and left without my control striking a wall, I countered with down and back and pause. but no effect it ended up going forward and over hitting the wall again and ending up full speed upside down into a puddle. Of course I run to get it and my tablet drops from the holder... busting the screen. And I have to grab it still going 100% balls to the wall and drag it out into the open reach up again and power it down.
I have $2000 tied up between case, gimbal, and batteries and I can tell you this, GPS should not be correcting regular flight by a degree more than a few inches. GPS loss should switch to fly manual and not accept GPS corrections that move the vehicle. Being completely beyond 70 or even 90 degrees for more than a second should kill the props. Up-F&^king-side down should kill the motors at zero altitude.
GPS should not allow correction within the last meter of descent.
And FFS did they have to put the GPS right above the GoPro. It 100% affects the GPS acquisition test it yourself. It also affects the Wifi connection. While we're at it 49 ft RTH altitude? lots of trees are 75 to 100ft Who made that default?
Am I just trashing and bashing my solo. No, all I had was rash on the props and a quick change and its good as new. But am I gonna trust this thing to do a Selfie or a Cable cam in proximity to my family... Hell No. I don't want a 40 ft gps correction into my 5 year old daughter. But this is what they sold to us. And its not even properly implemented without the Gimbal.
Really 3DR Really?
The last AP drone I had was a 350QX2 and no it did not have smart shots or FPV range of over a few hundred feet, but it was not a $2000 investment with a mind of its own.
My solo has a GPS issue it wants to take off when it loses GPS, it does not switch to FLY and if it is, it is not alerting me at all.
4 major events that I will relate to gps.
1st Event: 1.01 software took off in an open area of a yard, hit RTH saw it was going the wrong way, back to fly moved it to the correct area manually, tried RTH again, wanted to go the wrong area again. So I decide to land
by just holding fly, well no one tells you that at 5-6% battery it does an auto RTH? So it takes off for a quick 40 ft run to where it has been trying to go all along into a tree top. I fought it and got it back but the props ticked the limbs of the tree before I got control back.
Ticket submitted and all they could say was you took off by a tree, uh no, no I didn't your GPS set the home point in the wrong area. upgrade to 1.05. Yeah free props.
2nd Event: 1.05 software took off to fly in a canyon, yeah you might expect gps issues there, flight was good a little drift but I kept it safely out of the trees and rocks, bring it back up to the bluff to set it down... Not a RTH.
hover over the bluff but safely on solid ground hold FLY to land It starts flying hard right, so I have to grab the leg which makes it go full power, I have to reach under and power it down without getting sliced. Conclusion, coming up out of the canyon it started reacquiring satellites and decided to take off on a correction of its own authority.
3rd Event: 1.05 software took off same place as event one, flying out in the open over a cemetery, hovering, going up and down and back up a few times give it altitude and forward pitch and the thing does a complete 360 clockwise roll in the left to right axis... wtf was that? so I move it a little lower it down just watching, nothing, bring it closer and leave it hovering nothing, leave it up a while for a total flight time of about 8 minutes. nothing else strange. RTH and land, goes to the correct spot. Gets down, bounces, pitches back and crams the back props into the Dirt. Had to use DOWN and AB to kill it . It then says crash detected.
Mission planner shows Horizontal Axis error or something in the flight at the mysterious roll.
4th Event: 1.05 software. Took off and flew one battery just fine, flew up and down an area for 20 mins filming, battery change, flying the same area again. Flew under the same area of low gps that I passed through on the first flight, albeit slower. I guess GPS decided to correct itself because it shot forward and left without my control striking a wall, I countered with down and back and pause. but no effect it ended up going forward and over hitting the wall again and ending up full speed upside down into a puddle. Of course I run to get it and my tablet drops from the holder... busting the screen. And I have to grab it still going 100% balls to the wall and drag it out into the open reach up again and power it down.
I have $2000 tied up between case, gimbal, and batteries and I can tell you this, GPS should not be correcting regular flight by a degree more than a few inches. GPS loss should switch to fly manual and not accept GPS corrections that move the vehicle. Being completely beyond 70 or even 90 degrees for more than a second should kill the props. Up-F&^king-side down should kill the motors at zero altitude.
GPS should not allow correction within the last meter of descent.
And FFS did they have to put the GPS right above the GoPro. It 100% affects the GPS acquisition test it yourself. It also affects the Wifi connection. While we're at it 49 ft RTH altitude? lots of trees are 75 to 100ft Who made that default?
Am I just trashing and bashing my solo. No, all I had was rash on the props and a quick change and its good as new. But am I gonna trust this thing to do a Selfie or a Cable cam in proximity to my family... Hell No. I don't want a 40 ft gps correction into my 5 year old daughter. But this is what they sold to us. And its not even properly implemented without the Gimbal.
Really 3DR Really?
