Patent ID: 8886368

Claim:
A method for controlling an aircraft with a remote control having at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons, the method comprising: displaying a speed indicator including an aircraft symbol and one or more directional speed symbols positioned relative to the aircraft symbol, the aircraft symbol being shaped to indicate a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis passing through an origin of the aircraft symbol and a forward direction of the aircraft, the one or more directional speed symbols being positioned on the longitudinal axis of the aircraft symbol, on the lateral axis of the aircraft symbol, or between the longitudinal axis of the aircraft symbol and the lateral axis of the aircraft symbol, the number of directional speed symbols and position relative to the aircraft symbol depending on a current steering control status; and when pushing one of the at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons, adding or removing one of the directional speed symbols, the directional speed being stepwise shifted by at least one of the at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons on the remote control.