Application idea

[nycdude777]

Might be cool to build an RC helicopter remote controller using iPhone, utilizing the tilt sensor to balance the heli in the air, tile forward to fly forward, tilt back to fly back and stuff...

[nycdude777]

perhaps even mount a video camera on the flyer and feed live cockpit video back to the iphone, now you can do some serious spying... oh man

[lbendlin]

yes, and then you run into someone and your iphone jumps out of your hand and the helicopter does an unplanned looping... Cool. You might want to start with a RC car first.

[Kalimba]

How would the device transmit the RF that actually controls the heli?

[nycdude777]

Originally Posted by Kalimba

How would the device transmit the RF that actually controls the heli?

Serial port interface to rf component

[lbendlin]

or WiFi

[Kalimba]

Originally Posted by nycdude777

Serial port interface to rf component

Originally Posted by lbendlin

or WiFi

Then I say take the idea and fly with it.

(see what I did there?)

[nycdude777]

Originally Posted by Kalimba

Then I say take the idea and fly with it.

(see what I did there?)

I do, except you killed it as soon as you pointed out what you did...

[Kalimba]

Originally Posted by nycdude777

I do, except you killed it as soon as you pointed out what you did...

Ack. Perhaps a subtle use of italics was more in order.