sudden range problems

mudman · Jul 23, 2015

I have had about 12 successful flight on my solo tried all the flight modes no problems out to about 1000ft
Brought it with me on my holiday to the mountains I got 12 sat 1.7 hdop within 2 min and after I took off I kept getting rth within 20m (60 feet)
Any ideas what to look at?

prowler9 · Jul 24, 2015

Did you recalibrate it when you got there?

mudman · Jul 24, 2015

No I didn't, should I just try to recalibrate the gps?

prowler9 · Jul 24, 2015

Its a start . I do it every time I fly and haven't had any issues.

How is the signal?

mudman · Jul 24, 2015

I will give it a try in the morning, thanks

mudman · Jul 24, 2015

Signal was strong , hopefully the cal will fix it even tried to rth 6 feet in front of me

prowler9 · Jul 24, 2015

Let us know!

Brannon Hagenson · Jul 24, 2015

How exactly are you supposed to re-calibrate the GPS? Does anyone have a vid of how to do it?

prowler9 · Jul 24, 2015

Take props off (makes it easier) Go to solo app, settings, solo calibrate compass.

Jubalr · Jul 24, 2015

Re-check your max Altitude setting in the Solo settings.

mudman · Jul 24, 2015

Just got back, set altitude limit to unlimited, did the gps cal and still had lots of issues. I kept losing link to solo even within 20 feet. Weird part is when I first launched I managed to do a quick cable cam shot over 100 feet away but things went downhill from there the longer it flew the shorter range I had.
I double checked antenna position and they were as advertised

Brannon Hagenson · Jul 24, 2015

prowler9 said:
Take props off (makes it easier) Go to solo app, settings, solo calibrate compass.

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Great, thank you!

DodgeP · Jul 24, 2015

You may need to calibrate your sticks. Don't ask me why this works but it does. I had the same issue and I self-grounded for 4 days until 3DR got back to me with an answer. They sent me instructions on how to calibrate the sticks and I've been fine ever since.

Here are the instructions ( CALIBRATE STICKS )

mudman · Jul 24, 2015

I will give it a try, I think something may have rattled loose on my travels though because up until it looses signal it flies perfect

DodgeP · Jul 24, 2015

mudman said:
I will give it a try, I think something may have rattled loose on my travels though because up until it looses signal it flies perfect

You may be thinking too hard. There was no explanation about why mine was losing signal and I was handling both Solo and the controller with kid gloves. Some other folks here experienced the same thing. Both sets of instructions are fairly easy to follow, take your time when going through the steps.

Brannon Hagenson · Jul 24, 2015

DodgeP said:
You may need to calibrate your sticks. Don't ask me why this works but it does. I had the same issue and I self-grounded for 4 days until 3DR got back to me with an answer. They sent me instructions on how to calibrate the sticks and I've been fine ever since.

Here are the instructions ( CALIBRATE STICKS )

Thank you for the info, I use Terminal every day at work, in fact I am using it now, it scares me a bit to run Terminal on my controller as one wrong command could change everything. If my problem persists I guess I will have to try it. Thanks again.

ChrisM101 · Jul 24, 2015

What is the altitude that your location is? What is your location? Is there another strong emitter of RF or wifi nearby, tv towers, etc?

DodgeP · Jul 24, 2015

Not a great representation of where I normally fly because I'm not typically filming with my Solo because of no gimbal however; I'm typically West of the Delaware River (and 95 Freeway) which is nothing but residential areas. These are two videos from the last week shot with my Inspire 1

mudman · Jul 25, 2015

Haven't had a chance to cal the sticks yet, just got back to a area with cell service. If the weather holds I will give it a try in the morning

DodgeP · Jul 25, 2015

mudman said:
Haven't had a chance to cal the sticks yet, just got back to a area with cell service. If the weather holds I will give it a try in the morning

Shouldn't take very long. I think the entire process took me less than 10 minutes; in total.