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Infamous $30 Logitech F710 called out in $50M lawsuit over Titan sub implosion (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Mrkawfee to c/technology

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[–] A_Random_Idiot 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wasnt the carbon fiber body rated for like, 1/3rd the depth that they dove to?

It was very NASA O-Ring vibes. "We did it once, so we can do it every time" at least until they cant anymore, and that cant is usually accompanied by regret and poor innocent people being salsafied.

[–] Duamerthrax 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Carbon fiber wasn't rated for any depth. It's shit for compression and you don't need light materials for a submersible.

[–] A_Random_Idiot 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, you're right.. I think it was the winshield bubble that was rated for 1/3rd the depth? I know something was rated for a far shallower depth than what the dumbass CEO made the sub repeatedly go to.

[–] Duamerthrax 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also, these materials compress at different rates.

An off the shelf controller wasn't a terrible idea, but of course it was blue tooth and had pairing issues on previous trips

[–] trougnouf 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

F710 does not support bluetooth

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

No, but it supports wireless using 2.4ghz with an usb receiver. it does not support a wired connection at all.

https://www.logitechg.com/en-eu/products/gamepads/f710-wireless-gamepad.940-000145.html

[–] Angry_Autist 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It may be 2.4ghz but it isn't compatible with anything else anywhere and the range is terrible. Like as in if you are more than 2 feet from the receiver it will random spaz.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

even bluetooth has pairing issues to this day lol

but i agree, bluetooth range and reliability has improved tremendously in the last years.

[–] Angry_Autist 0 points 4 months ago

It's connection is proprietary and terrible with near zero range. It's objectively worse than bluetooth