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I can't beleive it takes a gadget to produce ideas. |
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Maybe a PS3 contrtoller with it's far more accurate accelerometer and more buttons would be better, while the extra buttons and analog triggers would enable instant throttle control needed for stunt flying. |
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The iPhone is a phone, but a controller is a controller. |
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Next thing we know Boeing will be flying their planes with Wiis. |
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I thought this was going to be a joke
about how mobile phones interfere with
aircraft instruments, and the next logical
step was to bump up the wattage and have
the passengers fly the plane on their
iPhones. |
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Bad idea, yes. Logical progression,
absolutely. |
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Is the throttle slider thumb controlled? |
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//Is the throttle slider thumb controlled? |
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No. The thumb presses the menu button which activates an autopilot for when the phone rings. |
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Your idea says no more thumbs. |
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Just wanted to point that out. |
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// Your idea says no more thumbs. Just wanted to point that out. |
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Thumb(s). It is impossible without at least one thumb. |
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I love this idea. You should be able to the lateral, longitudinal, and vertical axis easily and thrust could be controlled too. That's about all there is to flying. Works for me. [+] |
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Great idea. I wonder what sort of accuracy / resolution accelerometers can give? |
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The iPhones seems to have an obvious delay. |
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I just think we're a long way off from an iPhone doing this well. |
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My iPhone takes about a third of a second to change from landscape to portrait, and I've owned it for all of 8 hours. |
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[Giblet], you need to get out more and meet "people". Yes, most of them will run away because you smell bad and your mother makes you dress funny, but keep at it. It's called "society" (apparently). |
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If you find any, please ley us know where it is. |
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<Resumes tilit testing with iPhone and stopwatch> |
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[Giblet] It's more sensitive than you think. Try downloading the free Labyrinth LE game app. If you are over 30, you probably played it as a youth. It is the game where you roll the metal marble through the wooden maze. |
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[8th of 7] I'm quite surprised at this personal attack from you. You know nothing about me, and your assumptions are wrong. I was at a baby shower filled with friends today, and never took my new fancy phone out of my pocket. I'm home from work right now on compo since I almost cut off my arm, and I am enjoying my time playing with my new toy. |
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To sum it up, go screw yourself. |
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"Pallid, tubby, balding, middle aged technology-fixated Trekkie geek and wannabe Borg." |
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That's your own desctiption. |
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But I don't get out much. |
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Oh yeah, that's what I said alright. |
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[leinypoo13] I have tried the app you said and a few more and the accellerometer works great. I have changed my vote accordingly. |
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What is the problem to which this is the
solution? |
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The radio-controlled aircraft controls
we have now seem to work fine, though
granted they are quite bulky, but then
again so is the radio-controlled
aircraft. |
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I've played a couple of games on the
PS3 which has an option to use a six-
axis controller in this manner, and it's
much much worse for controlling
things with. The problem is you can't
find the 'neutral' spot as easily as with
a stick controller, which will spring
back to neutral when you let off the
pressure. The stick controller is also
much quicker and more precise as you
can tell exactly where the maximum
range limit is because you calibrate it
to be at the outer edge of the stick's
range.
When you try doing all of this with your
hand while looking at another object
there is a slight feedback delay
between your brain and your hand. You
make an adjustment, observe what
effect this has on the vehicle, by which
time it's veered of course slightly, you
correct in the opposite direction, but
you over-correct, etc. |
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When we're riding a bike, driving a car
or flying a plane we have other forces
like gravity and centrifugal force to
'feel' what's happening. |
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Other then the issues I meantioned earler with analog controls being better, I still kinda like this. |
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Controller preferences aside, bluetooth has far too short a range for a radio controlled plane, and wifi is deisgined for 100ft, but can reach around 1000ft with line of sight, still not all that much for an rc plane. If it was working over the cell network, the the delay would be too great. |
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//The phone could be plugged into a transmitter//
Your phone *is* a transmitter!
OK, it needs to be direct and not via the network, but the range should be fine. |
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For levelling, I suggest a weight fixed perpendicular to the bottom of the iPhone, on an arm. |
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What if you receive a call during flight? |
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Well, I guess the rule about turning mobile telephones off, on board the aircraft, will need to be extended to when flying the aircraft, too. But it would be very comical to see. |
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//What if you receive a call during flight?// |
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Depending on how long the call takes, low earth orbit? Contact n-prize for funding. |
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//I wonder what sort of accuracy / resolution accelerometers can give?//
Not that great. For MEMS, about 14 bits over a range of around 1.7g seems to be the best performance, but only around 50Hz update rate. |
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