Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering

Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by iepathos on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:35PM (#36411659)

xbox 360 controllers last only 6 months to a couple years with various failures that don't matter when you're playing a video game with them but can actually get you killed if they fail when you're in deep ocean. These are not ok for controls in vehicles where failure can mean everyone onboard dies. The navy does not use these for critical system controls. They were never built or tested for that.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by holoduke on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:45PM (#36411764)

They do for drones. But plenty of spares available.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by dharmab on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @08:23PM (#36412690)

How are you treating your controllers? I still have working PS2 and 360 controllers from back in the day.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by cmcaleer on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:46AM (#36414496)

I have thousands of hours of playtime on CoD4, MW2, and countless PC games over the course of about 15 years on my 360 controller I've had since I was a teenager. I've had to replace the joysticks a couple of times, and opened it up to clean it a few more times than that. wth are you doing to your controllers that they die in 6 months?

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