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zygoma · 04-24-12, 09:52 AM

I love the idea, but even as a non-programmer I can imagine the complexity. There are rotary encoders that output pulses to a control line, like those used as volume controls on lots of modern two-way radios, but as has been noted the hard(er) part is having the control's position updated by the game conditions.
I've been thinking about the R/L TDC, and am even more amazed at the minds that thought out what kinds of linkage could couple all those indicators and controls to each other and to other parts of the boat, including the eels themselves. Even just the complexity of the flexible cables (or whatever) got crammed into the periscope(s) and survived all that raising & lowering & twisting.
The mind boggles.
-- Zygoma --

04-24-12, 09:52 AM	#4
zygoma Loader Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 84 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	I love the idea, but even as a non-programmer I can imagine the complexity. There are rotary encoders that output pulses to a control line, like those used as volume controls on lots of modern two-way radios, but as has been noted the hard(er) part is having the control's position updated by the game conditions. I've been thinking about the R/L TDC, and am even more amazed at the minds that thought out what kinds of linkage could couple all those indicators and controls to each other and to other parts of the boat, including the eels themselves. Even just the complexity of the flexible cables (or whatever) got crammed into the periscope(s) and survived all that raising & lowering & twisting. The mind boggles. -- Zygoma -- __________________ If it's long and dark green and its bite makes you scream, that's..... a Moray. 7/5 of adults don't understand fractions. I'm told that two things can be reliably predicted to fail with increasing age. The first is memory. I can't remember the other right now.