Everyone shitting on the submarine using a controller seems to forget or not know that the u.s navy themselves use them to control their submarines. source
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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You seem to have forgotten that the navy gets fucking lockheed martin to make their specialized $38,000 controllers, not some generic $20 logitech bullshit off of amazon. See your own source for reference.
Yeah this stuff has to pass qual testing. Extreme high and low temperatures, vibration profiles, humidity and sea water exposure, probably shock loads, stricter EMI controls (compared to FCC), ESD exposure, explosive atmosphere testing, and so on and so on.
The U.S. Navy plans to equip its Virginia-class submarines with Xbox 360 controllers, which will control the ship’s periscopes.
Periscopes. Not steering the goddamned sub.
Having seen the sub and read about everything wrong with it: That controller was the sturdiest fucking thing on it.
The F710 is a pretty good controller when not being used as the primary input device for controlling craft at the bottom of the sea. It has excellent force feedback, the materials and builds construction feel good. It could use a refresh though (it uses a non-unifying dongle).
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Did I accidentally time travel?
Great question! Are any events out of order or seem strange to you? Major figured disappearing or reappearing?
Omfg. I'm in the doctors office. That was so hard to repress the laughter. I also feel mildly evil at the depth of laughter that evoked in me. Anyway.
Did we go back in time 6 months
Maybe don't throw the controller across the sub, dude.