I just posted a new build to the beta site, release notes below:

Finally having a chance to get back to this. It occurred to me that I could leverage the iPhone tilt sensors to get what we need as far as control and eliminate the need for external controllers. So I’ve added “Tilt” as a control option, at which point you select whether the roll, pitch or yaw axis should control the calling.


IF you imagine the phone is an airplane with the vertical stabilizer extending up from the home button and the cockpit being by the front-facing camera, then the axes for roll, pitch, and yaw will be correct.


If you select the roll axis, roll the phone 20+ degrees right from the starting point (I’ll get to that in a moment) to move forward, 20+ degrees to the left to move back.


If you select the pitch axis, pull the phone up 20+ degrees to move forward, 20+ degrees down to move back.


If you select the yaw axis, yaw 20+ degrees right to move forward, 20+ degrees left to move back.


The “starting point” is the position of the phone when the “start calling” switch is turned on (which you can now do by pressing the center of the mic switch on the standard apple headset, or the “play” button on a bluetooth headset. Roll/Pitch/Yaw from that point to control the call.


I am envisioning a couple of possibilities here:


1. Slap some velcro on the back of your TX and the back of a cheap snap-in iPhone case. Start the app, select tilt control, choose your axis (I find roll to be best), plug your headphones in and then snap the phone into the case and secure the case to the back of your TX with the velcro. Get yourself positioned to fly and press the mic button to hear “Takeoff” (unless you are flying an F3A sequence that doesn’t start with “Takeoff”. Then tilt your TX 20 degrees right or left to control the call.


2. Same deal, but put the velcro on the side of your TX and use the yaw (for a forward/back tilt of the tx) or roll (for a right/left tilt of the tx) to control the call.


3. Put the phone in a holster on your hip, use the pitch (for a horizontal holster) or roll (for a vertical holster) axis and twist your hip to control the call…


I’ll be interested to hear how this works for folks! I think this might actually crack the nut!


Peter+