F405v3 Connectivity Options

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Hi there, first time poster long time user.

I am building a new fishing drone.
This time I want it to be full autonomous flight for take-off, wp1, drop payload, wp2, wp3, rtl, land.
Please resist the urge to take this thread into the realms of legality and so forth, I know the risks, I will tune with my tx/rx before doing anything silly.
I have read some things in relation to ignoring the RC input or at least hard coding the values to trick the system. That’s not really my question though, that’s a few weeks away for me.

My big question right now, is how can I link the speedybee f405 v3 to the ios or android phone app for controlling the start of an auto mission, or better plan a mission in the app and push to the drone?
the f405v3 has BT but no wifi from what I can see, even the BT doesn’t seem to be broadcasting since uploading ardupilot FW.
I already have the old 3dr 433mhz radio link which I’d like to repurpose, if possible,
Is it as simple as building a unit to convert to BT radio as detailed here: Repeater for Wireless Ground Station Connections — Copter documentation
will the qgroundcontrol work with bluetooth? I can’t see anything saying it will. at least not on ios. Or should I be looking at a wifi option?

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

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SiK radios can be connected to Android devices, there should be something in the docs.

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I’ve used an OTG cable to connect a SiK radio to an android tablet for Mission Planner. It worked, but I didn’t really put it through it’s paces to know for sure.

There isn’t anything for IOS anymore.

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Thank you both for your replies. I can’t believe I didn’t see that earlier. I think I always knew them as 3dr radios, steered clear of “SIK Radios” because I didn’t know what they were. turns out tit’s basically the same thing.
Took a little bit of fiddling with the USB cable, plus I needed to add some power to the port, I think the radio was not getting enough juice. Once I sorted that though, worked immediately in MP, in fact it opened the app when the USB was plugged in.
Very good.
Thanks again.