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by kqr 755 days ago
Huh, once I figured out how to switch to first person view and acro mode and hooked up my PlayStation controller this was surprisingly fun – it behaved a little like a more friendly helicopter simulator. The most annoying part was that I couldn't have throttle on a completely separate control from the rotation axes, and the frequent brief freezes I got in Firefox.

If this is an indication of what it is like to fly real FPV drones, I'll have to put a lock on my wallet.
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05 755 days ago
> The most annoying part was that I couldn't have throttle on a completely separate control from the rotation axes

You wouldn't want that because throttle is essential for flight control unlike with fixed wing where it's somewhat set and forget in many situations. It's partially alleviated by 'real' radios not having a spring on the throttle axis, so it stays in the position you've put it and part of it is just more practice..

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kqr 755 days ago
I was actually thinking more in terms of helicopters having the collective on a separate input from yaw... bur then again, helicopter pilots use their feet to yaw, not their fingers.

Not springing back the throttle to neutral makes a lot of sense and would probably help!

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mosfets 755 days ago
Nice! Glad you liked it. Try a webkit based browser instead like Chrome/Safari/Edge, I'm not sure how much WebGL optimization firefox carries.
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