Solo will not "arm" or "fly"

[Nuttsco]

I have tried different remotes, removed all motors, checked SD card, factory reset, solo app, solex, mission planner, and tower. Tower did allow me to attempt to arm it, however solo beeped a fail noise. Help would be great.

 

[XevetS]

you have zero satellites in that pic, that's part of the failsafe check, but it should arm in manual check all geo-fencing options...

 

[XevetS]

While in manual try to Arm with stick down and to the right Make sure you are outside to test...then slowly raise throttle and solo should take off...when you land pull stick straight down...if it does not disarm try stick down and left for a second or two.

 

[Nuttsco]

While in manual try to Arm with stick down and to the right Make sure you are outside to test...then slowly raise throttle and solo should take off...when you land pull stick straight down...

That's a neat trick! It allows solo to arm, fly and land like normal. It will only do so with enough satellites, even in "fly manual"

 

[XevetS]

Yes make sure you have satellite lock before taking off this way any problems return to home will be where you acquired satellites and armed the SOLO..For safety reasons..

 

[Nuttsco]

So any idea as to why it will not arm normally? Or fly manual without satellite? Solo does the fail beep when I try

 

[XevetS]

It has to do with the solo app what version of solo are you running?

Copied from another post:

For the newer pilots, the following is pasted form the Solo manual.

8.4 Home Position Safety
Fly:Manual, Stabilize, Acro, and Sport modes do not require GPS lock. To take off without GPS lock, Solo must be set to one of these modes. Without an active GPS signal, Return Home, Pause, and Smart Shots are disabled. If you take off without GPS lock, Solo does not save a home position at the launch point. If Solo acquires GPS lock mid-flight, the autopilot saves a home position at that location. To prevent a potentially unsafe situation, do not use Return Home if Solo did not acquire GPS prior to takeoff.

 

[XevetS]

Does the Solo get gps lock?

 

[Nuttsco]

2.4.2
This the only solo that does this, I have 6. I bought this solo as "parts" due to someone else having an issue with it not updating. By uninstalling the app and reload,(just like always) it loaded fine.

 

[Nuttsco]

Does the Solo get gps lock?

It locks on to 12 Sats

 

[Nuttsco]

It locks on to 12 Sats

It will not arm otherwise

 

[XevetS]

It locks on to 12 Sats

And will it then arm in fly mode or manual?

 

[Nuttsco]

It will not arm otherwise

It makes the "do-doo" beep noise lol sorry can't load video

 

[Nuttsco]

It will arm in manual or fly with your trick if it has enough satellites

 

[XevetS]

It will not arm otherwise

You have to manually arm it as I stated above, using the sticks...

It will arm in manual or fly with your trick if it has enough satellites

That's not a trick that's how you arm the Pixhawk in Alt Hold, which is manual on the Solo

 

[XevetS]

Something else must be holding up the failsafe do you have access to mission planner?

 

[Nuttsco]

Something else must be holding up the failsafe do you have access to mission planner?

Yes

 

[XevetS]

hook it up via UDP and try to arm take off props while doing this obviously Duh lol now in the lower left pane click on messages you might have to use the scroll arrow...It will show you why the Solo will not arm with a possible error message..

 

[XevetS]

If you have solex it too is handy when it comes to arming errors and such, lots of info right at your fingertips, its worth having. Oh and look into Open solo unless your Solos are under warranty or something with sitescan..

 

[Nuttsco]

hook it up via UDP and try to arm take off props while doing this obviously Duh lol now in the lower left pane click on messages you might have to use the scroll arrow...It will show you why the Solo will not arm with a possible error message..

"Pre arm: need 3d fix"