I would like to be able to power up the Solo from a tabletop power supply without the use of a battery. Any help regarding how I might be able to do this would be appreciated.
Ron - OK, the Solo is normally powered by a four cell LiPo, which is nominally 16 Volts. The stock battery has a battery management computer built in, which passes the state-of-charge of each cell back to the Solo. This info, along with other data, determines if the Solo can be armed to fly.
That being said, when looking at the Solo's battery box, you'll see the three pins that mate with the
battery. The TOP pin (the widest one) establishes the battery telemetry link, and wouldn't be used with an external power supply. The CENTER pin is battery positive, and the BOTTOM pin is battery negative. You would connect the power supply to the center and bottom pins, insuring that nothing
contacts either the top or bottom of the telemetry pin, which has two contacts isolated by some obvious black insulating material.
The best "table top" power supply would be a variable voltage lab supply with the capability of several amps at about 16-17 Volts.
Please do your table top work with the props off! However, without battery telemetry the Solo cannot be armed. STAY SAFE!