SPEED

lougil · Mar 9, 2018

just curious how fast are people flying

jimloss · Mar 9, 2018

lougil said:
just curious how fast are people flying

With gimbal, camera, and filming - usually under 12mph, but I'm guessing that's not what you were asking.

With no gimbal, no camera, stock cube, and Chicago wind:

june03dr · Mar 10, 2018

jimloss said:
With gimbal, camera, and filming - usually under 12mph, but I'm guessing that's not what you were asking.

With no gimbal, no camera, stock cube, and Chicago wind:
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Whoa! Thats keeping up with cars on the highway haha

EZL · Mar 10, 2018

jimloss said:
With gimbal, camera, and filming - usually under 12mph, but I'm guessing that's not what you were asking.

With no gimbal, no camera, stock cube, and Chicago wind:
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Yeah, forget using that expensive gimbal flying at high speed!

Flying 30 mph is kinda pushing it for the poor gimbal.

jimloss · Mar 10, 2018

june03dr said:
Whoa! Thats keeping up with cars on the highway haha

Yeah, 70 is a lot faster when you watch it race by vs driving it. It is still much slower than non-rush hour in Chicago.

jimloss · Mar 10, 2018

EZL said:
Yeah, forget using that expensive gimbal flying at high speed! Flying 30 mph is kinda pushing it for the poor gimbal.

As soon as the price of the gimbal started to rise, I new I needed to protect it. My max speed for Solo with a gimbal attached is never more than 20mph. The Solo is not nimble regardless of what mode you fly in, but it is impressive how fast the 3.5 pound bird can fly.

Gerald Leslie · Mar 10, 2018

Yeah mon! U moving

parachute84 · Mar 10, 2018

70mph, that’s impressive

parachute84 · Mar 10, 2018

jimloss said:
With gimbal, camera, and filming - usually under 12mph, but I'm guessing that's not what you were asking.

With no gimbal, no camera, stock cube, and Chicago wind:
View attachment 8137

Is that a screenshot from your controller? I have yet to fly my 3DR. Yes, I know what am I waiting for? I just haven’t made the time yet. Maybe this spring/summer here in Northcentral MN.

EZL · Mar 10, 2018

jimloss said:
As soon as the price of the gimbal started to rise, I new I needed to protect it. My max speed for Solo with a gimbal attached is never more than 20mph. The Solo is not nimble regardless of what mode you fly in, but it is impressive how fast the 3.5 pound bird can fly.

Darn Illinois is always windy!

I'm not taking mine out until it's a lot warmer and little wind, this cold weather has me grounded.
Besides, the scenery in Illinois sucks with all these fields turned over and the farmers are getting in a hurry to get going in them.

jimloss · Mar 10, 2018

parachute84 said:
Is that a screenshot from your controller? I have yet to fly my 3DR. Yes, I know what am I waiting for? I just haven’t made the time yet. Maybe this spring/summer here in Northcentral MN.

The screenshot is from Mission Planner playing back my tlog on a PC after my flight. I use Solex when flying and have it configured to save the tlogs for each flight.

XevetS · Mar 11, 2018

parachute84 said:
70mph, that’s impressive

No from the immortal words of Mike Tyson "That's Ludicrous!" The solo is awesome for what it is, glad I have a few...

Maddog · Mar 11, 2018

jimloss said:
As soon as the price of the gimbal started to rise, I new I needed to protect it. My max speed for Solo with a gimbal attached is never more than 20mph. The Solo is not nimble regardless of what mode you fly in, but it is impressive how fast the 3.5 pound bird can fly.

It's pretty nimble in Acro with no gimbal. Check out some of the YouTube vids.