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Found Footage: Controlling radio control aircraft with an iPhone
Take one radio-controlled airplane or helicopter, add a Wi-Fi router and some custom software, then mix in an iPhone's accelerometer and touch interface. What do you get? An R/C aircraft controller.
Joshua Ziering loves to fly radio-controlled 'copters and planes, and he describes exactly how he went about developing an app and the associated hardware to control their flight by tilting his iPhone and moving throttle controls on the screen in a post on his blog. Check it all out in the video below.
Gary Z. at MacMost.com -- thanks for the tip!
Joshua Ziering loves to fly radio-controlled 'copters and planes, and he describes exactly how he went about developing an app and the associated hardware to control their flight by tilting his iPhone and moving throttle controls on the screen in a post on his blog. Check it all out in the video below.
Gary Z. at MacMost.com -- thanks for the tip!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
naylorrs said 10:31AM on 5-02-2009
I wish I was young again!
Apple should snap this guy up!
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Heebie said 10:00AM on 5-02-2009
Oh my God! I know the "Not iPhone" button is at the top but if I press that I barely get one article a day.
What happened to this blog?
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darren said 11:05AM on 5-02-2009
@Heebie: Maybe its because little is happening with Apples other 'chair legs' right now.
I've heard little to suggest the AppleTV is having any major updates, the Mac news is pretty much the same tired old rumours we've heard for a while - Tablet mac, MacBook Mini... At least their is some degree of interesting stuff going on with the iPhone/iPod Touch right now due to some developers really trying to explore what can/can't be done with them.
maxtkaxz said 11:35AM on 5-02-2009
Crap, I was working on this as we speak. Argh
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Josh said 9:29AM on 5-04-2009
Dumbest app Idea ever...
I fly Helies and Planes... phone rings and your app backgrounds with a bird in the air meant at least your probably buying a new bird, at worst you kill someone (yes, RC helies and planes have killed people before)
Novel idea... and ok if you put the thing in airplane mode... I would still doubt the effectiveness with helies... as you need VERY accurate and very quick response...
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Actionable Mango said 3:38PM on 5-04-2009
Um, how would it work in airplane mode?