Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
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Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#2On one hand, 'if it ain't broke' etc.
On the other, 'wait, what?'.
The entire operation manages to somehow feel both incredibly sophisticated (it's not easy to get a sub to that depth) and simultaneously incredibly stupid.
Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#3The US Navy uses an Xbox 360 controller in active service [0]
Mass market has a lot of R&D to leverage so it makes sense. Nothing to say this is the cause of the fault and probably going to be more reliable than something hand rolled.
[0] https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/19/16333376/us-navy-military...
Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#4On one hand, 'if it ain't broke' etc. On the other, 'wait, what?'. The entire operation manages to somehow feel both incredibly sophisticated (it's not easy to get a sub to that depth) and simultaneously incredibly stupid.
The part most surprising to me was that there is no way to see out of the craft besides the camera system. Why not watch the video on land after the fact? It seems so senseless to endanger yourself as a participant.
Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#5On one hand, 'if it ain't broke' etc. On the other, 'wait, what?'. The entire operation manages to somehow feel both incredibly sophisticated (it's not easy to get a sub to that depth) and simultaneously incredibly stupid.
The part most surprising to me was that there is no way to see out of the craft besides the camera system. Why not watch the video on land after the fact? It seems so senseless to endanger yourself as a participant.
Serious? what about the "window" in the front?
Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#6On one hand, 'if it ain't broke' etc. On the other, 'wait, what?'. The entire operation manages to somehow feel both incredibly sophisticated (it's not easy to get a sub to that depth) and simultaneously incredibly stupid.
There has to be a name for this kind of phenomenon.
I am smart enough to know that I'm too dumb and ill-equipped to make a safe tourism business out of a homebrewed submarine.
These people are smarter than me, but too stupid to know that they aren't smart enough to make a safe tourism business out of a homebrewed submarine.
Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#7The fact that it's wireless is the scariest part to me. What if it runs out of battery? What if it desyncs?
Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#8Stupid question, perhaps: was/it possible for this sub to have any kind of beaconing or communication system that works at depth? It seems like one of this first things I'd investigate before deciding to build a sub.
Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#9I've had two of those exact gamepads die
Re: Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering
#10On one hand, 'if it ain't broke' etc. On the other, 'wait, what?'. The entire operation manages to somehow feel both incredibly sophisticated (it's not easy to get a sub to that depth) and simultaneously incredibly stupid.
What's wrong with using COTS components?