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FPV Drone racing?

Discussion in 'Off Topic - All other stuff here' started by benj, Aug 17, 2015.

  1. benj

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    Hey everyone,

    I was getting tempted to try some FPV Drone racing, then I thought it would be awesome to hook up my simulator chair to the movement of a drone. I've not seen this done yet, but somebody must've done it somewhere??

    Anyone seen this happening?
    benj, Aug 17, 2015
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  2. yobuddy

    yobuddy Well-Known Member Staff Member Moderator SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    As long as we can get the Accelerometer/Gyro data from the Drone, there is no reason a plugin could not be made.
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    yobuddy, Aug 19, 2015
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    value1 Nerd SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    Mount your smartphone on the drone and film the flight and measure the accelerations and angles.
    Replay the video together with SimTools motion playback solution.
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    Would be really cool to ride it live thou!

    The only limitation with the recording and playback is that the accelerations and angles data needs to be timed so it does an even number of updates per second.

    yobuddy
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    yobuddy, Aug 19, 2015
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