So I'm impressed with my solo and the few upgrades that I have completed, however as the t-shirt says "Game Of Drones: Crashes are coming...".
I've noticed that to buy a Solo Shell, it costs about $99 at last check. Motors are a lot cheaper, but when you multiply them by 4... the price goes up (what can I say, I'm planning for a real bad day). However, like most people, I'm sure you've noticed the plethora of drones for sale on Ebay, some of them quite cheap (all of course marked "For Parts Only").
Now I've noticed a few things with these drones. Some of them have obviously been crashed, in fact the pictures taken were done in such a way as to minimize the view of cracked shells.
However finally settled on one that claimed the body was in perfect condition, however the solo was suffering from a calibration error.
At the very least, I'm hoping I've managed to obtain a non cracked solo shell with maybe a few spare motor's (although weary of the amount of time on the motors of course).
At the most, a working solo that needs a calibration (ie. smack) or a pix hawk replacement.
The point of this whole experiment is to see whether or not it's possible to buy a solo drone for under $80 that can be made work or actually used for useful replacement/spare parts. Of course for this to be worthwhile, the total cost of the drone has to be less than of a new one from the store (this includes purchasing a separate one year warranty).
So that's my little experiment and if anyone's interested, I'll be updating this thread with the results of my purchase, costs, thoughts and final verdicts!
So first up, the $70 ebay drone with free shipping. We'll see how it goes!
I've noticed that to buy a Solo Shell, it costs about $99 at last check. Motors are a lot cheaper, but when you multiply them by 4... the price goes up (what can I say, I'm planning for a real bad day). However, like most people, I'm sure you've noticed the plethora of drones for sale on Ebay, some of them quite cheap (all of course marked "For Parts Only").
Now I've noticed a few things with these drones. Some of them have obviously been crashed, in fact the pictures taken were done in such a way as to minimize the view of cracked shells.
However finally settled on one that claimed the body was in perfect condition, however the solo was suffering from a calibration error.
At the very least, I'm hoping I've managed to obtain a non cracked solo shell with maybe a few spare motor's (although weary of the amount of time on the motors of course).
At the most, a working solo that needs a calibration (ie. smack) or a pix hawk replacement.
The point of this whole experiment is to see whether or not it's possible to buy a solo drone for under $80 that can be made work or actually used for useful replacement/spare parts. Of course for this to be worthwhile, the total cost of the drone has to be less than of a new one from the store (this includes purchasing a separate one year warranty).
So that's my little experiment and if anyone's interested, I'll be updating this thread with the results of my purchase, costs, thoughts and final verdicts!
So first up, the $70 ebay drone with free shipping. We'll see how it goes!