Using off the shelf consumer electronics for safety critical applications is fine.
In this case the controller is engineered to work well for a resonable time.
Ok, the controller is not waterproof, but if you get water inside a sub, you have larger problems than moving it, and you have other ways of triggering an emergency blow.
honestly I would prefer to drive a DIY custom built machine using a popular off the shelf gamepad, that way I could buy a handful of controllers and keep them in the cockpit as backups.
it’s the same functionality but cheaper and easier to use, it’s such a good idea the navy has been trying to switch everything they can to off the shelf stuff.
Using off the shelf consumer electronics in safety critical applications is never OK.
Using off the shelf consumer electronics for safety critical applications is fine.
In this case the controller is engineered to work well for a resonable time.
Ok, the controller is not waterproof, but if you get water inside a sub, you have larger problems than moving it, and you have other ways of triggering an emergency blow.
honestly I would prefer to drive a DIY custom built machine using a popular off the shelf gamepad, that way I could buy a handful of controllers and keep them in the cockpit as backups.
Off the shelf consumer electronics were not the problem.
it’s the same functionality but cheaper and easier to use, it’s such a good idea the navy has been trying to switch everything they can to off the shelf stuff.
Got it, hiring Ivan from nearest kolhoz to kolhoz submarine into existance.