RC radio with computer menus for marine vessels?

Today we see a lot of computersystems with more menu alternatives than ever. But have you seen any which can help us with our model boats or submarines. At least I have only seen systems for airplanes and helicopters. This post will be a gathering of my wishlist for any of the manufacturers to comply with the need for model boats.

Lets start with a main menu where it besides the flying models also would be possible to select different types of boats. This is just an example of what could be presented and needs some more surveys to select correct categories. The main menu should not be limited to planes and boats, lets bring in cars, trucks and wheel loaders as well. They all have their individual need for programming.

For naval models they can be driven by wind, electric or combustion motor, each with individual needs for throttle or sail winch settings. For motor boats you can have many setups for propulsion, ie. 1,2 or 3  propellers, different rudder positions. Depending on which type I have in my vessel I need to be able to compensate the mix between propeller thrust and rudder setting.

A single propeller will tend to push/pull the boat to one side due to the force of rotation (compare with a heli with no tailrotor), this needs to be compensated by rudder angle.

Dual propellers balances the side thrust but here it would be nice to mix the propulsion thrust on left and right motor depending on the steering turning angle. If we go in full speed and would like to make a quick turn and pull rudder full left, then it would be nice if the right motor kept full throttle but the left (inside turn) motor would reduce its throttle.

Some RC radios have naval twin sticks to replace one of the radios sticks. This is great but it would be even better if we also could get further special controls.

I would like to have a turning knob with maybe 16 fix positions that were marked 1…16. These positions could then be programmable for light or other on/off  functions. In my model I would then have a corresponding reciever where I could connect my light bulbs to a set of terminals. For instance depending on what type of model I chose in the main menu there are some predefined lightning schemes that could be preset as default. Not all lighting will be applicable for a sailing yacht since it does not have a motor and so on.

Further to above setting possiblities I would like to incorporate some kind of logic programmable sequence. Lets assume I would like to anchor. I would then like to make a small logic program where I could set the seqence of multiple actions to be performed after each other, but activated by a single push on one of the switches on the radio.

This type of freely programmable sequence programs could then be used to make display actions in order to present the model working on the bench. Thereby the models would become more interesting for any viewers passing by watching our efforts with operational scale models.

Who will be the first manufacturer to present this system? I don’t know, but I would be one of the first with an interest in such an radio.

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Ola Linde