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3.5 Altitude & Safety Fence
Fly at appropriate altitudes for your flying location and local regulations. Solo cannot avoid obstacles on its own, so
always select altitudes that avoid any obstacles, such as trees, buildings, and other tall structures.
Solo includes a 400-foot safety fence enabled by default. This altitude reflects current FAA regulations to avoid
potential conflicts with manned aircraft and represents a safe line-of-sight altitude. If Solo reached the maximum
altitude, it will stop ascending and limit throttle input to stay below 400 feet. In this case, the display shown in Figure
3.5.1 will be displayed to the user to inform them to fly at a lower altitude.
Figure 3.5.1: Controller Maximum Altitude Warning
3.6 Emergency Procedures
If Solo exhibits instability in flight or flies outside your designated safe flying area, perform one of Solo’s emergency
recovery procedures to land safely.
Pause
The controller’s pause button allows you to stop Solo mid-air. Solo will hover at the paused location until given
another command. Use the pause button to stop Solo before hitting an obstacle or to re-orient Solo for navigation.
Regain Manual Control
During Smart Shots and other autonomous behaviors, keep the controller easily accessible, and be prepared to
regain manual control at any time. To regain manual control during Smart Shots, press the fly button.
Return Home
If Solo acquired GPS lock prior to takeoff, press the controller’s home button to return Solo to the launch point and
land. Use return home after receiving a low battery notification or to end your flight easily.
Land
To land Solo at its current position, press and hold the fly button. Solo will land immediately at the current position.
If Solo does not have GPS lock, there will be no automatic position as Solo descends and drifting may occur
depending on environmental conditions.
3.7 Power Management
The controller monitors the level of the controller battery and the Solo battery in flight. If either battery reaches low
levels during flight, the controller announces the low battery state and provides an instruction to end your flight and
recharge the battery. If the controller battery reaches a critical level during flight, Solo automatically returns to home.
If the Solo flight battery reaches a critical level, Solo automatically lands to prevent a crash.
IN-FLIGHT ALERTS
Maximum Altitude
User is told that maximum altitude has been reached
Vehicle is not able to go higher than max altitude
Alert persists until:
TIMEOUT: 5000 milliseconds
Maximum
altitude
Solo has reached preset
maximum altitude
Crash Detected
User is prompted to use app to log a support ticket
Alert persists until:
User presses A
Crash
detected
Use 3DR Solo app to
log a support ticket
GPS signal lost (Switches to FLY: Manual)
Alert persists until:
TIMEOUT: 3000 milliseconds
GPS
lost
Switching to manual control
Shot list and Return to Home
are not available
GPS signal recovered (Switches to FLY: Manual)
Alert persists until:
TIMEOUT: 3000 milliseconds
GPS
recovered
Press FLY to set home location
Press
to dismiss
FLY
Press
to take control
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