PiCap w/Controller?

[james-s]

Been searching the forum and just Google searches and not finding something I want to ask.  Maybe I have overlooked this answer.

Is it possible to add something like the Falcon F16V4 controller and use the PiCap simultaneously on a single RPi?  Just thinking with the RPi acting as a router to the PiCap via its own network and the PiCap having its own static IP address, the same would be to connect a controller via the RPi ethernet port.

Or, is the PiCap limited to its own dedicated RPi? 

If that is the case, would it be possible to have it participate into a show which includes a standalone F16V4 controller?

My apologies for the multiple questions.  Just wanting to cover the various scenarios I see for the PiCap usage.

[jnealand]

I have multiple F16s each with their own Pi attached via a short ethernet cable.  The Pi runs as an FPP remote and controls the F16.  There is no limitation on installing a Picap on top of that Pi.  I do it because it gives me better and more convenient control of the F16 as a remote.  Could also be a standalone.  I've been doing this for years.  I have no use for the F16v4 as a complete standalone and to me the built in FPP capabilities are not the full FPP remote capabilities.  I have NO data cables in my yard and do not plan to have any in the future.  YMMV.

[james-s]

I have multiple F16s each with their own Pi attached via a short ethernet cable.  The Pi runs as an FPP remote and controls the F16.

I forgot about the remote feature.  That makes sense now. 

I've started with the PiCap as my initials kickoff as it was available and affordable to go with my RPi.  Now I am doing my first enclosure I am thinking forward how to have a main controller enclosure and just run remotes as a distributed configuration.  I think I now have a better understanding.  Thanks for the input!

[jnealand]

I keep my master Pi inside my house along with my FM transmitter and a wifi router set up to be a show router.