I was catching up on one of my favorite photoblogs, The Big Picture, yesterday when I came across the photo above. In a photopost on International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) actions in Afghanistan, they show the picture of German Federal Armed Forces piloting a Luna X UAV from a container on their base in Northern Afghanistan. What really caught my attention was what the pilot was using to control the UAV. Instead of the complex all-contained units I'm used to seeing for Predator flying, these guys seem to be using just a simple Logitech Extreme 3D Pro computer joystick. Now that's some frugal war fighting.
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Germans Fly UAVs With $30 Computer Joystick
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I have that exact model joystick which I use for Flight Simulator X. Does my flight time on that transfer over to combat?
On another note, it's too bad that you can't fly under the Golden Gate Bridge at Mach 2 in real life!
I think that joystick commands the movable cameras on the drone. There is another stick on the right that is built into the command module.
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