Love my solo. I just put a tarot gimbal on will be testing some time today. 3D Printed a mount to replace go pro mount that came with solo.
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I love my Solo. I have not had a single issue with Solo #2 (first one was returned).
I am in for the long haul. I'm a satisfied owner of a 3DR Iris+ as well, along with a P1, a P2, a couple of Blades and a Yuneec Q500.
However I think the 3DR launch of the Solo has been a failure. The gimbal delay at this point is inexcusable.
I am in for the long haul. I'm a satisfied owner of a 3DR Iris+ as well, along with a P1, a P2, a couple of Blades and a Yuneec Q500.
However I think the 3DR launch of the Solo has been a failure. The gimbal delay at this point is inexcusable.
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LOL, the infamous article by Craigiri...a well known fanboy of DJI and someone who has an vendetta against 3DR. If you read the RCGroups "3DR Solo Owner's" thread there you can see Craigiri make an ass of himself at least once a day. He hangs out on the owner's list just to incite people. His article has no credibility.
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If you read his bio below, 3DR built what he always wanted. Lol
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About Me:Writer, Inventor, Web Developer, Futurist, Family Guy, etc...Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest Hmmmm - like everyone else, I want UAV's that do everything, especially film sailboats while flying circles around them!
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I'm happy with my Solo when it is flying. I am one who has experienced on again off again issues with software/hardware(?). My biggest disappointment was the over sell of the capabilities. Without release of the manual before shipping began, it was not clear, to me anyway, which of the wonderful features were part of gimbal operation and which were not. I have experienced a serious crash recently so need to replace the shell. Therein I will have to disassemble the whole thing, which I am not experienced with or at all comfortable with.
So far my Solo has been great. I am new to flying drones. Went to were a local club flies and they have been a great help in giving me the confidence to fly.
Great idea to find a local uav club! I advise everyone new to check this out. Thanks pinebernet[emoji3]
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I may be feeling this way too ... Solo is built well and I rate the overall manual performance a 9 out of 10 and I'm a picky b$&@? ...
I have been living with the GPS characteristics ... It's freakin' slow to lock up!
... But no spare battery, no parts, no gimbal.... Grrr ...
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I'm tickled to death cause I've been flying my Q5004k since the end of June after I cancelled my Solo pre order after 10 weeks BS from customer service. Q5004k is an incredible aircraft, camera, gimble and really cool controller with built in Android ground station that you can actually see in bright light due to the extra large display interface.
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That's what I'm thinking too rrmccabe. Viva Solo next year..for now I've put my P2V+ on the shelf and am making money with my Q5004K
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You wont be sorry..lots of customer support from Yuneec AND ITS DEALERS, especially Jan and Peter at Aces Deals. Aces alone has several service centers across the USA. If your looking to set distance and altitude records than the Q5004K may not be the quad for you, no Lightbridge. I get great video to about 500 yards before video gets a little slow lag. For me that's great as I normally try to fly LOS and It's difficult for me to see the aircraft once its 2-3 hundred yards away. No signal loss with controller even further than that. Constant 16-20 sats on quad no matter where I launch from with Yuneec's inclusion of the European/Russian GLONASS sat network, constant 11-15 sats with controller for the (Follow me/Watch me modes). Awesome one finger on the fly camera tilt control and really cool one finger on the fly speed control on the radio controller for creeping up to those hard to get close ups (difficult with the Phantoms) never have to remove your hands form the controller to adjust.
If your over the hill like me and the eyes ain't what they used to be don't worry. The interface display on the controller is incredible..ALL of your telemetry is laid out bright and large in an Android tablet built into the controller screen ground station interface , NO APP to download or wifi to cell phone, easy to see EVEN IN BRIGHT MID DAY SUN with include sunshade. No more squinting to see the display on cell phone or clipped on tablet as with the DJI apps..As yet no maps or way points, but my sources say they are coming, in addition to some other interesting firmware upgrades. Current version Includes Follow and Watch me, unfortunately no orbit yet but myself and other Yuneec fans are pushing for that and others. Feel free to email me, [email protected] if you need any further info on my 5 weeks experience with the Q5004K. Have probably flown it 40-50 times.
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I had my 3DR for 2 weeks I don't have the gimbal yet But I love it. But thats just me.
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Thanks for the heads-up and your kind offer. We'll see how long it takes 3DR to return my waiting list ransom...
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Steve are you familiar with the Drone School in your Sarasota area? Looked at that one last year but decide on another. The Sarasota school offered their version of certification, which I'm sure may be helpful, but I decided to go all out, study and take the FAA Airman's Knowledge Test towards actual pilots certification. I hope to take my final written and oral examine before FAA examiner in Pensacola in September. That stringent FAA certification should be more than antiquate to appease FAA regulators once the new rules come out. Not sure why I need to know how frost on the wings of a "manned airplane" affects its lift and efficiency, when I'm simply flying a glorified model aircraft at low altitudes, but that's one of the first things you study in the aeronautics portion of the studies. Go figure
i returned mine on day 45 of my BB elite member return policy.
I was sleeping with mine under my pillow hoping the quad fairy would come and make it awesome.
just never happened.
my white one has more torque, , better handling, 18,000 ft range (with dbs) so far, and that magical thing called a gimbal.
im a buyer again when the solo 2 launches.
I was sleeping with mine under my pillow hoping the quad fairy would come and make it awesome.
just never happened.
my white one has more torque, , better handling, 18,000 ft range (with dbs) so far, and that magical thing called a gimbal.
im a buyer again when the solo 2 launches.
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lol. That's funny. I felt same way. I do believe that will happen. Just not in the next 12 months.
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