JP1 Remotes

so theres this inexpensive PS2 looking 6ch Rc transmitter / joystick
for quadcopter that seems decent looking.

I am looking for low cost RC stuff for arduino type hobby and was wondering
if the controller can be used for other stuff.

i dont know anything about RC such as do they all speak the same language and will other 6 channel RC receivers work with it?

i imagine the original Rx is a tiny chip on the copters motor control board
so thats not really an option unless i find a busted one on ebay etc.

so is there a simple enough way to capture and utilize the output signals from the transmitter with a pc or the arduino to use with robotics?

Please provide a link. I have no Idea of what you are talking about.

A quadcopter is a drone, so the remote would have to be RF rather than IR, and is therefore outside the scope of what most folks here know about.

However, Tommy Tyler did come up with a way to capture RF signals once, more info here...

https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3569