Step 2: How it works: Transmitter
1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Where a 1 is "high" on the TX data line for 0.5ms, and 0 is "low" on the line for 0.5ms. Before it sends this, though, the radio transmits a 'start code':
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
This is what the Arduino on the other side is "looking for" -- it needs to see this value before it starts recording data packets, or else it might start recording in the middle of a packet and then everything would get thrown off. So, this is one complete data packet that the ground Arduino transmits ( it sends them out once every 10ms) :
[ start code ] [ motor #1 byte ] * [ motor #2 byte ] * [ servo byte] *
The * indicates a HIGH pulse for 0.5 ms -- these are needed because the radio gets a lot of interference if you leave it sitting LOW to long.
You can see the levers and connectors leading to the Arduino and radio in the picture.