I’ve been working on a new macOS replacement for FreeFlight Pro for the Bebop 2 / SkyController 2, expanding on the RF/power-mod work I’ve been doing recently.
It is already working well enough for live testing: the SkyController 2 connects directly to the Mac over USB, a custom macOS driver creates the network link, and the app receives and decodes the Bebop 2 live video stream while also displaying flight telemetry, RSSI per RF chain, SNR, link quality, battery status, packet loss/jitter and other diagnostics.
The goal is to have a completely free and open-source modern replacement for the old FreeFlight setup, without needing an old iPhone or unsupported mobile app.
I should have the current version pushed to GitHub tomorrow after I finish cleaning up a few bugs from the first flight test. It is built natively for Apple Silicon and should work across all M-series Macs.
I’ll post the repository and setup instructions here once it is up.
Here are some screenshots! You are also able to see how well the RF power mod works I discussed on my other post, at 625M away the link reads 100% with 26db of margin!
It is already working well enough for live testing: the SkyController 2 connects directly to the Mac over USB, a custom macOS driver creates the network link, and the app receives and decodes the Bebop 2 live video stream while also displaying flight telemetry, RSSI per RF chain, SNR, link quality, battery status, packet loss/jitter and other diagnostics.
The goal is to have a completely free and open-source modern replacement for the old FreeFlight setup, without needing an old iPhone or unsupported mobile app.
I should have the current version pushed to GitHub tomorrow after I finish cleaning up a few bugs from the first flight test. It is built natively for Apple Silicon and should work across all M-series Macs.
I’ll post the repository and setup instructions here once it is up.
Here are some screenshots! You are also able to see how well the RF power mod works I discussed on my other post, at 625M away the link reads 100% with 26db of margin!
