This isn't Drone related but I saw this on reddit tonight and thought you guys would get a kick out of it.

Warning there is some adult language in this video so I shall mark it NSFW.

Woke up this morning and saw my shipment was sent...20 min later fedex at the door. I just received my new APM 2.0. One of the perks of living in SoCal is fast shipping from DIYDRONES. I got 2x so one is going into sim mode and the other one is sitting on the bench waiting for permission to board my 3DR.

Get Stoked,

Ryan

This is a port of Flytrons USB2PPM Project Compufly with enhancements 

You can use multiple usb sources and map any axis and button to any channel of your choice. 

You can also map multiple buttons to the same channel and adjust the ppm value to them for a 3 way switch with 3 buttons type set up

Current feature list

Servo/PPM output

1. Ability to output no less then 10 ppm Channels
2. Channels need to be able to be inverted
3. Channels need to be able to have Trims rate settings
4. Channels need to be able to have Exponential rate settings
5. Channels need to have multiple input to output mappings
6. Channel Resolution 2048 (11Bit)

Joystick/Gamepad Control

1. Accept 3 or more USB device inputs
2. USB button detection on joystick interface
3. Support for POV HAT Buttons
4. Support for HAT Switches
5. Tabs or Pages for all detected USB interfaces
6. Mapped Values for all axis for specific device per Tab/Page

Output Device Configuration

1. Selection of number of channels
2. Mode selection Positive/Negative PPM

GUI

1. Resizable for use on note/netbooks
2. Ability to save/load settings
3. Show values for ppm output and joystick/mini joy axis with Progress Bar type scroll

Everything is kind of setup for my CH Products set up with joystick throttle and rudder at the moment.

Check out the google code page and try it out for yourself. Make sure to read the wiki pages fore more info. 

Google Code: Joystick to PPM
I am looking for Java programmers and testers to help work out bugs. If you think you fit the build email me and I'll add you to the list. 

Screen Shots

aircool00 at g mail dot com

Cheers,

Ryan