MAV Pilot V1.0 for iPhone is available in the App Store

MAVPilot for iPhone has been release. This is a "Ground Control Station for your Pocket". Its target audience is iPhone users (iPad version will come later). Pilots often fly unaccompanied and this can make it difficult to use a laptop at the same time. This is more so when a pilot is using a semi-auto modes like Alt-Hold etc... Using your iPhone instead of a laptop is a great way to keep focused on the MAV and still have all the useful information in reach. With in built text-to-speech support your iPhone will let you know instantly the status of your MAV as you are flying.

MAVPilot incorporates the FIND MY DRONE feature.

Features Targeted for V1.0 of MAVPilot

Telemetry Screen showing flight information e.g
- Speed
- Altitude
- Yaw
- Rate of Climb
- Battery Voltage
- Battery Remaining %
- GPS accuracy
- Throttle %
Mode Control e.g.
- Auto
- Stabilize
- Alt Hold
- Land
- RTL
- Loiter
Map View with Mission outline
Mission Waypoint editor
- includes waypoint parameter editing
Configuration
- Calibration for level
Commonly used parameter editing
- Tuning of common parameters

PLEASE NOTE: The app requires a Wi-Fi link on the drone or Wi-Fi Bridge to 915/433MHz Telemetry Radio. Details are here http://www.communistech.com/blog/support/

Compatibility: ArduPilot (Plane:Copter), ArDone 2.0 with Flight Control, and PX4 native stack (basic) (it's MAVLink 1.0 compatible, so other may work)

You can get the app from http://appstore.com/ for a special 1/2 price promo this weekend. More info on http://www.communistech.com (Sorry, my site seems offline at the moment, but should be back in the hour)

Happy Flying :-)

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Comments

mP1 October 25, 2014 at 4:58am

@Nigel, 3DR doesnt write any software. They do however sponsor some of the most popular tools we know and love.
Nigel Cartwright October 25, 2014 at 4:50am

Isn't 3DR working on an iOS solution, or is this it...??
Developer

Bill Bonney October 24, 2014 at 10:07pm

@Ken: I technically make Bluetooth work on iOS, the problem is that Event38 HW isn't iOS compatible and the Walkera module only works with their app only AFAIU.
Kenneth Beason October 24, 2014 at 9:01pm

I'm also intersted in a bluetooth bridge. Would be able to use the event38 bridge or possibly the Walkera Bluetooth GCS. If you enable bluetooth in the app let me know!
Developer

Bill Bonney October 24, 2014 at 8:34pm

I can reenable BLE as an option, but the update rate was slow. full Bluetooth on iOS requires an encryption chip, and FCC approval, so prohibitively expensive.

Creating a UI to configure the wifi module is eaiser and cheaper.
UAS_Pilot October 24, 2014 at 8:03pm

when are you planning to incorporate bluetooth bridge. I was never able to get the wifi bridge to work?

Thanks

Joe

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