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4. Remote Control
4.1
Remote Control
Talking of remote control, here a term is involved: "channel", meaning how many types of
movement the copter can make by the remote control. For example, up and down can
be counted one channel. If the remote control can only control the copter to fly up and
down, it's called one channel.
For a quadcopter, at least four channels are needed, namely, up-down, right-left, forward-
backward, and clockwise-counterclockwise rotation. The corresponding channels are
throttle (up-down), roll (right-left), pitch (front-back) and yaw (clockwise-counterclockwise
rotation). If you want more functions, more channels are required.
For this 6-D Box quadcopter, a 4-channel remote control is used. Before applying the remote
control, you need to know there are two different types of remote control. They are different
in the position of throttle – left (what we provided in this kit) and right. The throttle controls
the motor speed. The higher you push it, the motor rotates faster, and the quadcopter flies
higher, and vice versa. It is quite easy to tell the throttle. Try to pull the two rocker arms. The
one that will not restore to the middle is the throttle rocker.
Below is the physical picture of a remote control (throttle at the left hand). Since the focus
of the remote is on the rocker arms, hereafter only virtual figures for them (instead of the
whole remote) will be shown for better demonstration and easier understanding.
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