Welcome

Magic Box converts your flight sim HOTAS (joystick, throttle, pedals) into the same RC signals your radio puts out.

Plug your sim gear into Magic Box. Wire Magic Box into the rest of your RC chain. Fly your real RC plane the way you fly the sim.

That’s the whole pitch.

What you can do with it

Capability	What it means
Real HOTAS, not a tiny gamepad	A full sim joystick + throttle + pedals — same gear you use at your sim rig
Up to 4 USB devices simultaneously	Joystick, throttle, pedals, custom switch panel — all plugged in at once
Bind any switch / knob / wheel	Map them to flaps, gear, lights, brakes, flight modes — anything your model needs
Mix in head-tracker input	FPV camera gimbal slaved to your head
Web UI from phone or laptop	No software install, no cables, no YAML — just open the URL
Multiple model profiles	Separate setups for warbird, glider, multirotor, ground vehicle

Magic Box in action

What’s in the box

Magic Box itself, an SD card with the firmware, and a 3.5 mm jack cable for the trainer port.

You’ll bring the rest:

• Your USB HOTAS gear
• A 3–6S LiPo battery with an XT60 connector
• Your radio or radio module (anything that takes PPM, SBUS, IBUS or CRSF)
• A receiver in your model

For a full hardware list with links, see What You Need.

How configuration works on v2

The whole config lives in the Web UI. Magic Box broadcasts its own Wi-Fi network — MagicBox-XXXX. Connect with your phone, open the URL, and you’re configuring channels, profiles, transforms and bindings from your bench.

No editing files. No SSH. No YAML.

Where to next

• New to Magic Box? Start with Quick Setup — supplied PPM cable into your radio’s trainer port, five steps to a moving servo.
• Already wired up? Pick a profile in Supported Devices.
• Coming from firmware v1.x (the YAML-based line)? See Migrating from v1 to v2.