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There is a user on another forum that says that his replacement Solo has firmware 1.08 and 3DR told him he could test it and let them know if he had any issues. His comments look promising, particularly about flying under tree canopies.
The update may be able to fix most of these issues. Even the issue of the motors not shutting off after a flip or crash. The 1.08 beta is smooth as hell for me on my new Solo! I think i have seen all the issues on my previous Solo's. Not a glitch so far. I told 3DR i will let them know of any problems or issues. Believe me, im checking for everything. What I noticed today is that after flying out about 3000' it said controller lost signal. The Solo did not jerk or twitch and the video feed was still good. I was still able to turn my yaw, so i hit "fly" and kept going to about 3100' then flew all the way back home. That does not seem to be an issue that seems to be a good thing.
It was already installed on my replacement. I told 3DR and they said either reset it and install 1.05 or try it out and let them know of any issues. Ive been testing if the Solo drifts or freaks out if it looses GPS. I flew under lots of trees and it took a while to loose GPS. When it did the Solo was a smooth as silk. The controller vibrated and let me know and the Solo didn't twitch at all. Very smooth transition to manual that should not intimidate anyone.
That last sentence he made does bring up a question though. If they have fixed the hand off from Fly to Manual to be as smooth as it is when manually switched (http://www.3drpilots.com/threads/gps-vs-non-gps-for-new-pilots.600/#post-8597 ) then the only way you would know it lost GPS would be the controller vibrating. For example.. You are flying a few feet off the ground, low and slow through the trees like the video recently from Rodney. You loose GPS lock for a few seconds and the controller vibrates. But since you are already inputting stick movements you wouldn't know it, because as long as you are 'flying' it then GPS wasn't doing anything anyway. But if you were hands off and letting it Loiter, then if there was wind you would see it slowly start drifting in the direction of the wind. but no major attitude change.
Anyway..1.08 looks promising and must be close if it was on a replacement machine.
Fly Safe..
Jubal
The update may be able to fix most of these issues. Even the issue of the motors not shutting off after a flip or crash. The 1.08 beta is smooth as hell for me on my new Solo! I think i have seen all the issues on my previous Solo's. Not a glitch so far. I told 3DR i will let them know of any problems or issues. Believe me, im checking for everything. What I noticed today is that after flying out about 3000' it said controller lost signal. The Solo did not jerk or twitch and the video feed was still good. I was still able to turn my yaw, so i hit "fly" and kept going to about 3100' then flew all the way back home. That does not seem to be an issue that seems to be a good thing.
It was already installed on my replacement. I told 3DR and they said either reset it and install 1.05 or try it out and let them know of any issues. Ive been testing if the Solo drifts or freaks out if it looses GPS. I flew under lots of trees and it took a while to loose GPS. When it did the Solo was a smooth as silk. The controller vibrated and let me know and the Solo didn't twitch at all. Very smooth transition to manual that should not intimidate anyone.
That last sentence he made does bring up a question though. If they have fixed the hand off from Fly to Manual to be as smooth as it is when manually switched (http://www.3drpilots.com/threads/gps-vs-non-gps-for-new-pilots.600/#post-8597 ) then the only way you would know it lost GPS would be the controller vibrating. For example.. You are flying a few feet off the ground, low and slow through the trees like the video recently from Rodney. You loose GPS lock for a few seconds and the controller vibrates. But since you are already inputting stick movements you wouldn't know it, because as long as you are 'flying' it then GPS wasn't doing anything anyway. But if you were hands off and letting it Loiter, then if there was wind you would see it slowly start drifting in the direction of the wind. but no major attitude change.
Anyway..1.08 looks promising and must be close if it was on a replacement machine.
Fly Safe..
Jubal
