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[Tug-Kenny RIP]

Saw this on the Web.  Any comments  ???????


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myHoHxX0qXM#t=11





Ken

[adamD98]

It's certainly clever/novel and would be good to watch at a show in a pool maybe. I personally wouldn't trust it in my boats though, 2.4 will do for me 

[dougal99]

What happens if you get a call during sailing?

[TheLongBuild]

Would be intresting to see how long it would last as well as these type of apps tend to heavily use battery life..Or at least they do on my phone..

[U-33]

I bet it wouldn't work with my old (antique) Nokia...but would it work from my iPad, I wonder?

[bikerdude999]

I bet it wouldn't work with my old (antique) Nokia...but would it work from my iPad, I wonder?

According to their website ( http://www.wirc.dension.com ) it works with iPhone, iPod, and iPad.

[Neil]

Saw this on the Web.  Any comments  ???????


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myHoHxX0qXM#t=11





Ken

can't even make a decent phone call on mine Kenny, never mind control a boat,......mind you, not much better with a tranny either

[Netleyned]

can't even make a decent phone call on mine Kenny, never mind control a boat,......mind you, not much better with a tranny either

Aha!
Only indecent phone calls then to the tranny 

Ned

[Tug-Kenny RIP]

I suppose the next move is control your boat, on the lake,  from your lounge. 



cheers

Ken

[dreadnought72]

Don't joke, Ken. 

I'm a keen fan of astronomy. Which is a bit of a joke given the mass of sodium-light-filled sky above my house. But serious amateurs these days no longer put eye-to-scope and track stars manually: they use GPS computer-controlled mounts, ccd cameras, take a bazillion pictures, stack them, keep the best, and apply sharpening routines. Usually this is done from a laptop in a warm shed next to the automatic observatory before they bung images online. They never look through the eyepiece.

This "operate at a distance", using a pile of technology, seems to be the way most hobbies are going.

Andy

[essex2visuvesi]

The wirc system is OK and works well for what it is..... which is a gimmick, however it is no match for a quality RC system as it lacks any precision control.
For the price it is you can buy a half decent proper RC system

[ian-mccaffrey]

It's certainly clever/novel and would be good to watch at a show in a pool maybe. I personally wouldn't trust it in my boats though, 2.4 will do for me 

the wifi on a mobile phone works off 2.4 ghz

[Subculture]

The wi-fi transmitters on phone's have dismal range compared with decent hobby grade R/C. It's fine for a little model that you would keep in close range, but for anything else, give it a miss.