Gesture-glove controlled RC helicopter

My project will be to design a RC helicopter that can be controlled with gestures via a control glove. The helicopter, including all mechanical parts, battery, and IR receiver, will come as-is out of box so the only thing that needs to be designed is the controller. The controller will be a in the form of a control glove and will contain different sensors (for example, multi-axis gyroscope sensor(s) and flex sensors) which will determine the position and or movement of the gloved hand as well as certain gestures. These sensors will send the gathered movement data to a controller with a microprocessor which will analyze the data and send the correct corresponding command to the helicopter via IR signal. The initial plan is as follows: An accelerometer/gyroscope will be used to read movement in 2 or more axes to determine x and y horizontal movements. Flex sensors will be used in conjunction to determine vertical movement and other functions. A 3channel RC helicopter will be used, therefore the included movements are: forwards/backwards, left/right turning, and up/down on the z-axis. All of the movement sensors will be connected to a control box containing a microcontroller/processor along with an IR transmitter which will transmit the data to the helicopter. The corresponding IR control code sequences will be determined by analyzing the signals from the control box included in the package.