Interesting Tech Projects
Radio Controlled Aircraft for Stroke Victims
This post introduces my open source radio control project. It allows an RC aircraft to be controlled from a Wii Nunchuk, i.e. with one hand! Videos will be posted when they are available but so far it is working great in the flight simulator and with a stationary aircraft.
All documentation, source files and binary files are available for free from this site, so you can build your own. Be sure to read the disclaimer before you start however.
I would love to hear your success stories using this modular system!
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