• stoy@lemmy.zip
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      9 days ago

      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.

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        9 days ago

        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.

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      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.

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      9 days ago

      Got it, hiring Ivan from nearest kolhoz to kolhoz submarine into existance.