[Flightgear-devel] R/C transmitter support added to base package

[Michael Selig]

I have just added R/C transmitter support to the FlightGear base 
package.  To make it all work, one must have a supported radio and purchase 
an RCJOY USB box ($90) as well as a cable (~$12) from 
http://www.leweng.com.  This USB box works with all major R/C brands: 
Futaba, Airtronics, JR, Hitec, Tower Hobbies, and Multiplex.  A list of the 
specific radios is on the Lew Engineering web site (see the "Support" 
link).  The cable depends on the brand.

Ailerons, elevator, rudder, and throttle (channels 1 through 4) are 
supported.  Channels 5 through 8 are used to emulate the four standard 
joystick buttons.

To work this out, I added the USB device to ~/fgfsbase/joystick.xml
  <!-- Lew Engineering RCJOY device for various RC transmitters.
  http://www.leweng.com -->
  <js-named include=
  "Input/Joysticks/LewEngineering/RC-transmitter-hitecLaser4.xml"/>
and I added the file RC-transmitter-hitecLaser4.xml noted above.

With the RCJOY USB box + cable and a supported radio, it should work for 
anyone.

Regards,
Michael


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