[NSRCA-discussion] Virtual Caller for iOS

[Doug Harvel]

Peter I have today downloaded the RC Caller on my iPhone, and I
love it. In your demo you showed how to go back by tilting your
transmitter. I will be using my iPhone with earphones and using the
voice mode. To go back you used the tilting the transmitter. Guess I
am just not smart enough to go back using voice. Can it be done by
voice and if so how....going forward is even easy for me, just say
NEXT and away I go.....Thanks .....Doug Harvel aka BOPOD

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Lance via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> Ok this helps a lot . By "headphone button" I assume you mean "calling
> enabled ". I am now able to change the starting orientation and then turn
> off/on calling enabled to rest the neutral point. I think you are
> successfully calculating rotational angles because it seems I can establish
> a neutral point with the phone not necessarily flat or vertical but
> somewhere in between.
> I had more success this time but found that it seems pretty sensitive to
> returning to that initial pose. Returning to a position close to the
> original can lead to missed or extra advances to the "next" maneuver. So
> the sensitivity request is really two sensitivities. One for how much
> change determines a "next" event and another for what is considered a
> successful return to neutral pose. Possibly consider resetting the neutral
> orientation every time it successfully returns to neutral so the delta for
> a change event is always measured from "zero"
>
> This is a great platform and pulling sequences from a server is good
> design. These polish suggestions will make it fit more pilot personal
> styles more easily. Thanks
>
> Lance
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 14, 2014, at 9:46 AM, Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Lance!
>
> I do, in fact, sample the orientation of the device when you click the
> headphone button, and adding a sensitivity option is definitely on my to do
> list.
>
> In a vest pocket, device in 'natural' vertical orientation, yaw would
> probably be your best bet.  It's very important that you be set and in
> position to fly when you click the headphone button to start calling.
>
> What may work better for you is to strap the phone to a wrist so you can
> twist your wrist. Way up there at your vest pocket a slight motion of your
> upper body will be amplified.
>
> I know several people have mounted the phone to their handheld TX and
> successfully called themselves through a flight.
>
> Peter+
>
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>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 7:06 AM -0800, "Lance" <patterndude at tx.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Nice job! I don't fly with a tray but assumed I could slide the phone
>> into a breast pocket (vertical default orientation) and tilt my body to
>> advance to the next maneuver but it's not working well. I've tried all the
>> tilt axes but the caller just runs away calling maneuvers too fast. I
>> suspect you assume the default orientation is that the phone will be flat
>> horizontal or close to it so its confused when the phone is vertical.
>> Maybe when the user selects their roll axis you can sample the current
>> orientation to set the default position?
>> Also it would be nice to have a slider to adjust the sensitivity. A very
>> still pilot could use just a small tilt to indicate whereas a pilot using
>> more body English needs less sensitivity.
>>
>> Lance
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 3:56 PM, Peter Vogel via NSRCA-discussion <
>> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>>
>> Given that every sequence is changing for next year, it seems a good time
>> to introduce people to the virtual caller application I listed on the Apple
>> App Store yesterday:
>>
>> Video of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOEfi3VqnCQ
>> Get it on the Apple App Store: https://t.co/aIBFvQBsuI
>>
>> Available now for a limited time at $1.99, price will increase soon to
>> $2.99 This will work with every iOS device out there -- iPod touch, iPhone,
>> iPad Mini, etc. (though I wouldn't want to put an iPad on the bottom of my
>> transmitter to use the tilt control!) but the screen format is optimized
>> for iPhone/iPod touch.  You will need to be on the network the first time
>> you run so it can download the sequences from the cloud.
>>
>> *All profits go to F3A Team USA* -- if you are Canadian and buy it,
>> shoot me a note and I'll apply profits from your purchase to *F3A Team
>> Canada*!  If you prefer the donation to go to F3P Team USA, shoot me a
>> note and I'll apply the profits to *F3P* :-)
>>
>> I*'ll add $1.00 per review of the app that hits the app store this week
>> to my donation!*  Be sure to mention in the review if you fly/support
>> F3A or F3P (or both).
>>
>> This is the product of 100's of hours of development, not so much because
>> the app is complex or hard (it wasn't) but getting a method of controlling
>> the caller that works in field conditions took a lot of trial & error.
>>
>> Your feedback is welcome!
>>
>> Peter+
>>
>> --
>> Director, Fixed Wing Flight Training
>> Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark
>> Associate Vice President, Academy of Model Aeronautics District X
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