WAVE radio enhancements: My personal wish list
Posted: Sat 12. Apr 2025 2:06:53
My personal wishlist for the Spirit WAVE radio.
I am enjoying the Spirit WAVE radio with Spirit W1 flight controllers. I do have a wish list of items for the WAVE radio that would enhance my overall user experience with this system.
Hardware Wish List:
1. Additional switch options: push buttons, short 2-way switches, reverse spring-loaded momentary switches, safety switches.
Software Wish List:
1. Screen Shots: ability to take screen shots right from the radio at the flick of a switch. These screen shots would be stored in the radio, but should be accessible from the cloud as well.
2. Short Cuts: Have a screen page where one can easily access our personally most frequently used functions.
3. Organization within folders: Ability to better visually organize batteries, alarm warnings, Models, etc. within their respective folders.
4. Motion sensors: Activation of the WAVE radio’s internal motion sensors. ***EDIT*** Tomas states this function already exists. I’ll edit this when I figure out how to use it.
5. Call outs: Ability to call out parameters like head speed, voltage, etc. ***EDIT*** Tomas states this function already exists. I’ll edit this when I figure out how to use it.
6. Even out cyclic travels: Ability to even out the elevator and aileron travels.
7. Even out collective travels more easily: Ability to even out the high and low collective travels more easily. The PC software has a “pitch adjustment” box within the “Servo Travel Correction” page that one can check so that all 3 cyclic servos move up and down evenly, rather than having to adjust each of the 3 cyclic servos up or down individually. ***EDIT*** This function already exists. It is accessed via the one of the pages in the Setup Wizard.
8. Flight Modes parameters comparison: Ability to view and compare different Flight Mode parameter values in one single screen view.
9. Full view of complete setup: Ability to view all the parameter values for each Spirit unit on a large computer display.
10. Logical switches
11. Automatic data download and/or synchronization: Automatic data download and/or synchronization with cloud whenever the radio is connected to the WiFi network.
12. Enhanced alarms: ability to customize alarms. For instance, I don’t want the battery alarm to announce low voltage whenever the battery drops below 3.6V/cell, but I would want an alarm to announce when the battery voltage remains at or below 3.6V/cell for a few seconds.
13. Telemetry values as function: ability to set telemetry values as input for a function. For instance, after the battery capacity drops beyond a user predefined point, the head speed automatically drops to a user adjustable value (like 300rpm).
I am enjoying the Spirit WAVE radio with Spirit W1 flight controllers. I do have a wish list of items for the WAVE radio that would enhance my overall user experience with this system.
Hardware Wish List:
1. Additional switch options: push buttons, short 2-way switches, reverse spring-loaded momentary switches, safety switches.
Software Wish List:
1. Screen Shots: ability to take screen shots right from the radio at the flick of a switch. These screen shots would be stored in the radio, but should be accessible from the cloud as well.
2. Short Cuts: Have a screen page where one can easily access our personally most frequently used functions.
3. Organization within folders: Ability to better visually organize batteries, alarm warnings, Models, etc. within their respective folders.
4. Motion sensors: Activation of the WAVE radio’s internal motion sensors. ***EDIT*** Tomas states this function already exists. I’ll edit this when I figure out how to use it.
5. Call outs: Ability to call out parameters like head speed, voltage, etc. ***EDIT*** Tomas states this function already exists. I’ll edit this when I figure out how to use it.
6. Even out cyclic travels: Ability to even out the elevator and aileron travels.
7. Even out collective travels more easily: Ability to even out the high and low collective travels more easily. The PC software has a “pitch adjustment” box within the “Servo Travel Correction” page that one can check so that all 3 cyclic servos move up and down evenly, rather than having to adjust each of the 3 cyclic servos up or down individually. ***EDIT*** This function already exists. It is accessed via the one of the pages in the Setup Wizard.
8. Flight Modes parameters comparison: Ability to view and compare different Flight Mode parameter values in one single screen view.
9. Full view of complete setup: Ability to view all the parameter values for each Spirit unit on a large computer display.
10. Logical switches
11. Automatic data download and/or synchronization: Automatic data download and/or synchronization with cloud whenever the radio is connected to the WiFi network.
12. Enhanced alarms: ability to customize alarms. For instance, I don’t want the battery alarm to announce low voltage whenever the battery drops below 3.6V/cell, but I would want an alarm to announce when the battery voltage remains at or below 3.6V/cell for a few seconds.
13. Telemetry values as function: ability to set telemetry values as input for a function. For instance, after the battery capacity drops beyond a user predefined point, the head speed automatically drops to a user adjustable value (like 300rpm).
