Fly Drones from the Browser

#1

Post by mosfets » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 5:53 AM UTC

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

#2

Post by PotatoAditya » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 6:36 AM UTC

Cool project man! It's well designed and well made also can you explain how did you arrange all the required libraries and stuff before beginning the work?

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

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Post by Liftyee » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC

Looks promising, but what's the signup wall for? Also, I guess I can't try this until I get an FPV controller/game controller that I can connect to my computer?

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

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Post by yuppiepuppie » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC

Looks cool! Feel free to submit this to https://hnarcade.com :)

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

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Post by silksowed » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

Liftyee wrote: post #3

Looks promising, but what's the signup wall for? Also, I guess I can't try this until I get an FPV controller/game controller that I can connect to my computer?

Is an FPV controller any different than a regular video game controller? I interested in how hard it is to fly a drone even in a sim environment.

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

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Post by silksowed » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC

Very cool, I'm working on a similar project but using MCP as the flight input layer. Would love to dm and discuss more about how you built it or collaborate.

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

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Post by leetrout » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC

silksowed wrote: post #5

Liftyee wrote: post #3

Looks promising, but what's the signup wall for? Also, I guess I can't try this until I get an FPV controller/game controller that I can connect to my computer?

Is an FPV controller any different than a regular video game controller? I interested in how hard it is to fly a drone even in a sim environment.

The left stick is generally used for throttle and is not centered with springs but rather adjustable and holds its position in the Y-axis direction.

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

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Post by Svoka » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC

silksowed wrote: post #5

Liftyee wrote: post #3

Looks promising, but what's the signup wall for? Also, I guess I can't try this until I get an FPV controller/game controller that I can connect to my computer?

Is an FPV controller any different than a regular video game controller? I interested in how hard it is to fly a drone even in a sim environment.

Yes, one of the axis on FPV controllers usually is not springing back to neutral position, for throttle. This may seem like a small difference it is important.

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

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Post by mosfets » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

Liftyee wrote: post #3

Looks promising, but what's the signup wall for? Also, I guess I can't try this until I get an FPV controller/game controller that I can connect to my computer?

You can also use your keyboard or the virtual joystick if you are on a touch screen!

Re: Fly Drones from the Browser

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Post by mosfets » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC

silksowed wrote: post #5

Liftyee wrote: post #3

Looks promising, but what's the signup wall for? Also, I guess I can't try this until I get an FPV controller/game controller that I can connect to my computer?

Is an FPV controller any different than a regular video game controller? I interested in how hard it is to fly a drone even in a sim environment.

You should be able to use the controller calibrator to calibrate a regular video game controller and use it.

Only use the upper half of the left stick per the spring issue folks mentioned above.