Kind of like your own version of an unmanned combat aerial vehicle. Cool. Popular Science, eat your heart out!
Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of socf > Sent: January 30, 2003 5:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] real-time video possibility > > > What I am really thinking is much simpler(I think) than what Curt > has in his > mind. My idea is to use FlightGear to control a real time remote control > airplane(a real one, not simulate) As I understand so far, the flightgear > FDM is that part that controls the airplane's dynamic, so we can create a > FDM that is specifically designed to control a RC plane. the inputed data > from like the keyboards joystick or mouse will be sent thru the FDM to a > radio that is linked on the computer. The radio will transmit the > signal on > like VHF or HF band. After, the Radio signal will be recieved by the RC > plane. and then the RC plane's GPS information will be > transmitted thru the > radio onboard the RC plane and reach the computer's radio. the radio will > send the information to flightgear's FDM and past them to the FG's main > loop. So now, instead of playing a remote controlled airplane > with just the > joystick. We can now control our RC plane with flightgear which hopefully > with be more fun. And also, if the designer of the RC plane decided to > install a video camera on the RC plane, I think there can be ways to feed > the real life video in the flightgear while keeping the panel to be a > simulated on the computer. But in case there is like bad > visibility, flying > at night or the video signal that can only be transmit on VHF > band is out of > range, we can switch back to FlightGear's simulated enviroment instead of > looking at the real life video. Is that what you have in mind, Brandon? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
