This message provides an API for manually controlling the vehicle
                using standard joystick axes nomenclature, along with
                a joystick-like input device. Unused axes can be
                disabled an buttons are also transmit as boolean
                values of their

                target                    : The system to be controlled. (uint8_t)
                x                         : X-axis, normalized to the range [-1000,1000]. A value of INT16_MAX indicates that this axis is invalid. Generally corresponds to forward(1000)-backward(-1000) movement on a joystick and the pitch of a vehicle. (int16_t)
                y                         : Y-axis, normalized to the range [-1000,1000]. A value of INT16_MAX indicates that this axis is invalid. Generally corresponds to left(-1000)-right(1000) movement on a joystick and the roll of a vehicle. (int16_t)
                z                         : Z-axis, normalized to the range [-1000,1000]. A value of INT16_MAX indicates that this axis is invalid. Generally corresponds to a separate slider movement with maximum being 1000 and minimum being -1000 on a joystick and the thrust of a vehicle. Positive values are positive thrust, negative values are negative thrust. (int16_t)
                r                         : R-axis, normalized to the range [-1000,1000]. A value of INT16_MAX indicates that this axis is invalid. Generally corresponds to a twisting of the joystick, with counter-clockwise being 1000 and clockwise being -1000, and the yaw of a vehicle. (int16_t)
                buttons                   : A bitfield corresponding to the joystick buttons' current state, 1 for pressed, 0 for released. The lowest bit corresponds to Button 1. (uint16_t)

def manual_control_send(self, target, x, y, z, r, buttons, force_mavlink1=False):
                '''
                This message provides an API for manually controlling the vehicle
                using standard joystick axes nomenclature, along with
                a joystick-like input device. Unused axes can be
                disabled an buttons are also transmit as boolean
                values of their

                target                    : The system to be controlled. (uint8_t)
                x                         : X-axis, normalized to the range [-1000,1000]. A value of INT16_MAX indicates that this axis is invalid. Generally corresponds to forward(1000)-backward(-1000) movement on a joystick and the pitch of a vehicle. (int16_t)
                y                         : Y-axis, normalized to the range [-1000,1000]. A value of INT16_MAX indicates that this axis is invalid. Generally corresponds to left(-1000)-right(1000) movement on a joystick and the roll of a vehicle. (int16_t)
                z                         : Z-axis, normalized to the range [-1000,1000]. A value of INT16_MAX indicates that this axis is invalid. Generally corresponds to a separate slider movement with maximum being 1000 and minimum being -1000 on a joystick and the thrust of a vehicle. Positive values are positive thrust, negative values are negative thrust. (int16_t)
                r                         : R-axis, normalized to the range [-1000,1000]. A value of INT16_MAX indicates that this axis is invalid. Generally corresponds to a twisting of the joystick, with counter-clockwise being 1000 and clockwise being -1000, and the yaw of a vehicle. (int16_t)
                buttons                   : A bitfield corresponding to the joystick buttons' current state, 1 for pressed, 0 for released. The lowest bit corresponds to Button 1. (uint16_t)

                '''
                return self.send(self.manual_control_encode(target, x, y, z, r, buttons), force_mavlink1=force_mavlink1)