Mecha Controls

Mecha Controls Anon 02/05/2026, 15:22:58 No.1043

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What are your favourite mecha pilot controls? Your least favourite? There's been a lot of variety over the decades, and it's always fun to see what mecha designers come up with.
On my end, it's gotta be the Escaflowne's setup. I've always been partial to anything that approximates pilot motion capture, and Escaflowne's controls are a sick, more visibly mechanical way of doing that than G Gundam strapping the pilot into a mocap suit.
>try to find my Escaflowne control gifs
>can't
>do a google image search
>find the tumblr blog that they came from
>they've been replaced with animated WEBPs which don't work here
Thanks Jewgle and webshits; you all suck.

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Anon 02/05/2026, 16:05:14 No.1044

>>1043 (OP) 
>I've always been partial to anything that approximates pilot motion capture
That's probably a good solution. OTOH, the IRL F-16 joystick literally doesn't move over 1/4" during operation (it works by pressure sensing alone), and it's an incredibly responsive flight controller system, by all accounts.

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Anon 02/05/2026, 16:44:28 No.1045

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I think this is one of the areas where American mecha wins out, because they tend to subscribe to the philosphy of "There's a button, lever, and  screen for EVERYTHING! If one doesn't exist, we fucked up somewhere."

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Anon 02/05/2026, 16:45:50 No.1046

>>1045
Lol. I think the F-15 and the older school 747 were both literal flying icons of just this philosophy!  :D

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