Germans Fly UAVs With $30 Computer Joystick

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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