First Person View RC Car with PS1 Steering Wheel -- Episode 391

I see I did not explain very well and you are correct - the bandwidth with LoRa is low.  That is why I was going to give the boat gps coordinates with way points to destination.  This would be done every few minutes.  I have a working demonstration that uses a RC boat with 40 MHz and LoRa to send environmental data. The ultimate goal would be control and data reporting out to a kilometer or so.  But the boat is too small for open water which is where I would like to use it. The 40 MHz system I have was inexpensive and not particularly reliable.

Interesting project, I´m not sure if you will accomplish a decent amount of control with loRa as its datarate is comparatively low. the go to for watery applications is 40Mhz on common rc systems.

This is my only RC project - a boat that gathers environmental data.  The radio I am using for RC has limited range, it uses LoRa for data collection.  I thought about using LoRa with GPS way points to control the boat but have not progressed that thought very far.

I am familiar with Arduino but have very limited experience with RC.  If you would like someone to test or comment send me a message and I will help if I can.

Thanks for the kind words, I´d really like to turn this into a manufacturable thing and make a version of the software or a tool that is easy to configure for those not familiar with arduino programming. an open RC standard for all the people in the Hobby. Working title "MRC"

Hi Clem,

I like the idea of a standard which you mention near the end of your video.  I reinvent the wheel every time I attempt something like this.

I actually have the parts needed for that in stock, I wanted to do this over 2 years ago but never had time for it.

Hi Clem,

Have you considered adding GPS and then put up a navigation screen on the video?

When you go FPV, you sometimes lose track of where you are so that you can return safely.

DAB

thanks dave, some times you have to put an arduino in it.

That's a very well structured episode for a really awesome project concept that doesn't focus on putting a Raspberry PI into an existing thing