Joysticks are all at sea
Penny and Giles Controls
Latitude 52
Penny and Giles Controls has supplied its new JC400 joystick controller to Latitude 52, a company specialising in the design of skippers' chairs for large ocean-going ships.
Penny and Giles Controls has supplied its new JC400 joystickcontroller to Latitude 52, a company specialising in the designof skippers' chairs for large ocean-going ships.
Thecompany's Norsap 1500 chair has been developed toaccommodate full ship's controls in the armrests and thePenny and Giles three-axis JC400 has been selected for itsperfect precision control in this demanding environment.
ExplainsLatitude 52 managing director Peter Methven: "From theseated position the captain can control the whole ship using thePenny and Giles joystick, including close manoeuvring to an oilrig with fingertip control of engines and thrusters".
Headds that precise control is vital, as it is not uncommon forships to have to maintain constant position in a hostile NorthSea.
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