Custom Controller

[KeithHanson]

Firstly, sir... Amazing work. I have both an esp32 and an esp32s3 wired up and registering in beta flight now 😍

https://bsky.app/profile/keithhanson.bsky.social/post/3layxvo6yos2l

I'd like to hook up a heltec Lora to this, but modify the code to support having the FC double as the remote control receiver.

Firstly - is this even a good idea? I have yet to dive into the code, but I'm hoping I can use the multiple cores - one for FC work, one to receive packets.

My hope is to create a simple app on my steamdeck so I can use it as a ground station (FPV feed) and control (a simple pygame prototype for now that communicates with another heltec Lora via usb serial).

Secondly, if this is not a BAD idea and could be implemented, would you mind highlighting the areas of code to modify?

I'm betting if I look around at how you've implemented the esp-now control, it'd be similar, but having your insight will save a lot of time :)

Many thanks for this project! Can't wait to get my first esp32 controller drone in the air!

[bsvdoom]

As far as I know, LoRa is only for very small packets and listening the 99.99% of the time.
It also has very big latency, so it is definitely not suitable to remote control anything real-time.