Improvements to Thrustmaster Joystick : Mid-Flight Speed Adjustments

Fine-tune pitch, roll, and yaw speeds in real time using joystick buttons, enhancing tracking, zoom control, and flight precision for surveillance, security, and monitoring without pausing operations.

Introduction

We are pleased to announce the Speed Control Rate Adjustment feature, introducing on-the-fly speed tuning for drone pitch, roll, and yaw via joystick buttons. This enhancement provides pilots with greater precision and adaptability—especially when tracking and operating at different zoom levels—making surveillance, security, traffic monitoring and overall flight operations more intuitive and safe.

Key Features

• Enhanced Control Flexibility Dynamically adjust pitch, roll, and yaw rates in real time using your joystick buttons. No need to pause the flight to toggle control settings—simply press a button to dial speed up or down.

• Improved Tracking at High Zoom Levels Addresses the challenge of keeping a subject in frame when operating at maximum zoom. The drone retains reduced roll/pitch rates, allowing more accurate tracking.

Button Bindings

• Increase Speed: Button B8

• Decrease Speed: Button B10

• Reset Speed: Button B5

Visual Representation of Button Bindings

Precision Adjustment Rates

• Pitch/Roll: 10% increments of max speed

• Yaw: 15% increments of max speed

Benefits

• Real-Time Tuning: Adjust speeds on the fly for better situational awareness, eliminating awkward stops or flight-mode toggles.

• Precise Orbits at Maximum Zoom: More stable framing, crucial for surveillance or traffic monitoring tasks that demand close-up detail.

• Simplified Operations: Pilots can react swiftly to changing conditions, ensuring safer and more efficient flights without mid-mission interruptions.