@H1000 posted:I don't know of anyone with long enough thumbs to reach the big red wheel on a CAB remote without using their other hand. This isn't an argument to say that app-based remotes are one-handed, but rather that every remote available to us (past & present) requires two hands for complete operation (except maybe the Lionchief remotes).
Well maybe I'm a freak of nature but I operate the cab 2 one handed all of the time. No issues reaching the"big red knob" as you say either.
I like having one hand free to, throw a switch, grab rolling stock, pan a camera, sip a coffee or a beer etc.
The big red knob is actually a good design because it gives the user a relative idea of how much "throttle" they are giving , by the amount of rotation without having to look at anything. The number one complaint with The DCS handheld ,is the thumb wheel which has to be repeatedly scrolled to control throttle.
There is not enough travel on a gaming joystick to slowly modulate through 200 speed steps, with 1/2"of travel, it'll be all or nothing.
A gaming controller is designed to execute a multitude of commands in seconds. We aren't constantly accessing every single function on our trains every minute of run time. Not to mention. The features don't respond that fast anyway. Most of the time the train is running around the layout and ringing the whistle and bell. There simply is no need to have multiple fingers at the ready.
All of the "meat and potatoes " train operation can be accessed on the cab 2 without ever looking at the remote. I do it every operating session, one handed, even reaching the "big red knob". I've done multiple switching moves etc. One handed, without issue, not looking at a remote, or a screen, but the trains. Which imo, is the whole point.
Having said all of that. I suspect there's always a "chance" that we could see a new handheld in the future. The Cab1 was deemed obsolete, then eventually reappeared as the Cab1L. A few years later Tmcc reappeared in Lionchief 2.0.
