WiFi R/C controller

[Trail rate this]

I got my daughter a A.R. Drone for Christmas. I love the ability for control over wifi. While in the mall the other night I saw 3 different wifi controlled R/Cs in Brookstone, and another in Target. They seemed to be pretty cheap.

This got me thinking that maybe a universal receiver is made for R/Cs. I know I would love to have one for the crawler I'm building. Is anyone here using one? What have you found? How much do they seem to run?

[THX_138]

I have a Parrot Drone WIFI controlled.

I have both my iPhone4 and my 2nd Gen. iPad set to fly it.
Unfortunately it seems more responsive, much more accurate, even longer distances with the iPhone. I say unfortunately because the iPad has an obviously larger screen which makes the camera/video function easier to use, but makes the actual control of flight less enjoyable.

I can see where this technology could be very fun, however, with RC's I think they have a ways longer to work on things. I would love to try the control of an actual 4-wheeled vehicle for a better opinion of things.

The Parrot has excellent steering control, but the actual forward/reverse/speed part of things seems like it could use a bit more tuning. I am fairly new to it all with limited hours testing of all the different downloads available. I have noticed oddly that the free download operating apps seem to operate considerably BETTER then the highest priced one I purchased.

Great technology in it's infintile stages for sure!

[WIDELOAD]

Rc4wd makes a unit to run your RC's through an iphone but it uses a 2.4ghz module and receiver rather than wifi.
LiNk: iPhly for Apple iPhone & iPod Touch

[Krawler23]

^ dude that is SOOOOOO cool. that looks like fun.

[Full_Throttle]

As many times as I've been on that site, and I've never seen that before.

[TobyM95]

What would the benefit of using WiFi be? I can't see what you'd gain from being able to control a crawler with WiFi, especially when you take it outside!

[new2it]

It really just uses your phone as the controller. Let's you use the touch interface and the phones gyro to control the vehicle. Still sends a radio signal to do it. There's a video of it in action on the company's site.

Me, I'll stick to my regular radio. Seems like a novelty for now.

Originally Posted by TobyM95

What would the benefit of using WiFi be?