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

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[–] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I have no idea if they actually had spares, but there's something to be said for having three $30 off the shelf parts over one $200 custom part, provided that failure isn't immediately catastrophic.

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[–] shiftenter@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Around the 1 minute mark, he does mention that they keep spares onboard.

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[–] Fauxreigner@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

Ahh, good to know. So we can scratch that off of the list of stupid things they did, although the lack of a transponder beacon and a surface egress option are still pretty high on the list.

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[–] Panthios@vlemmy.net 4 points 3 years ago

Even if they were to surface. The latch is only able to be opened from outside. So unless they are found they will still die in 40 hours.

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[–] shiftenter@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah, I'm totally with you there!

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[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago

At least they seem to have had several ways of surfacing, including at least 2 options without power and 1 deadman switch kinda situation with hooks releasing ballast after a certain amount of time.

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