Radio controlled aircraft, remote controller and methods for use therewith

A method for use with a radio controlled (RC) aircraft, the method comprising:

• receiving an RF signal from a remote control device that includes command data that indicates user commands to control motion of the RC aircraft;
• generating motion data from at least one sensor of the RC aircraft that indicates motion of the RC aircraft;
• controlling the RC aircraft based on the RF signal and the motion data, wherein the user commands to control the motion of the RC aircraft are in a first coordinate system from the perspective of the remote control device and,
• in a first mode of operation:
• the user commands indicated by the command data are transformed into transformed commands in a second coordinate system that is from a perspective of the RC aircraft;
• and
• the RC aircraft is controlled based on the transformed commands;
• and
• in a second mode of operation:
• the RC aircraft is controlled directly based on the user commands indicated by the command data in the first coordinate system.

A method for use with a radio controlled (RC) aircraft, the method comprising:

• generating an RF signal from a remote control device that includes command data that indicates user commands to control motion of the RC aircraft, wherein the user commands to control the motion of the RC aircraft are in a first coordinate system from the perspective of the remote control device;
• generating a mode control signal that indicates one of:
• a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation;
• wherein the RC aircraft is controlled based on the RF signal and motion data generated by at least one sensor of the RC aircraft that indicates motion of the RC aircraft, and wherein the control of the RC aircraft includes:
• when the mode control signal indicates the first mode of operation:
• the user commands indicated by the command data are transformed into transformed commands in a second coordinate system that is from a perspective of the RC aircraft;
• and
• the RC aircraft is controlled based on the transformed commands;
• and
• when the mode control signal indicates the second mode of operation:
• the RC aircraft is controlled directly based on the user commands indicated by the command data in the first coordinate system.