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> The controller itself is basically irrelevant. It's irrelevant until it fails with no backup mechanism when maneuvers are needed.

• mrtksn 3y ago
  Why wouldn’t there be a backup? In an old video, the CEO explains that there are 2 more backup controllers on board “just in case ”. Also, considering that the controller is just a dumb interface for controlling a computer I would assume that this computer also has a screen and a keyboard. My only gripe with this is that the controller has a battery in it, which may cause a fire and smoke but those are well commercialized items made to be used by kids, so I find it unlikely to have design flaws to cause that and would expect to be quite a robust piece of equipment. I would be very surprised if the incident has anything to do with the controller.
  • kioleanu 3y ago
    It’s all fun and games until the Bluetooth _receiver_ fails and no amount of controllers would save you
    • mrtksn 3y ago
      It's not a bluetooth based, it has a receiver that you plug to the computer.
      • bloqs 3y ago
        Have you seen the bit where they cant get the 2005 logitech controller to re-pair over 2.5ghz? Or when there was a mapping issue with the driver stack so they were stuck on one trip spinning around in circles before having to use the controller backwards to finish the trip?
        • mrtksn 3y ago
          Nope, do you have a link?
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