What I am really thinking is much simpler(I think) than what Curt has in his mind. My idea is to use FlightGear to control a real time remote control airplane(a real one, not simulate) As I understand so far, the flightgear FDM is that part that controls the airplane's dynamic, so we can create a FDM that is specifically designed to control a RC plane. the inputed data from like the keyboards joystick or mouse will be sent thru the FDM to a radio that is linked on the computer. The radio will transmit the signal on like VHF or HF band. After, the Radio signal will be recieved by the RC plane. and then the RC plane's GPS information will be transmitted thru the radio onboard the RC plane and reach the computer's radio. the radio will send the information to flightgear's FDM and past them to the FG's main loop. So now, instead of playing a remote controlled airplane with just the joystick. We can now control our RC plane with flightgear which hopefully with be more fun. And also, if the designer of the RC plane decided to install a video camera on the RC plane, I think there can be ways to feed the real life video in the flightgear while keeping the panel to be a simulated on the computer. But in case there is like bad visibility, flying at night or the video signal that can only be transmit on VHF band is out of range, we can switch back to FlightGear's simulated enviroment instead of looking at the real life video. Is that what you have in mind, Brandon?
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