Momentum Sensor

[Entity]

 

• Two outputs; positive movement, negative movement
• Tolerance slider (controls "dead zone" in middle)

 

Function:

Sort of like a speed sensor, but only for the part of the block's movement along its long axis.

The black dot sits in the middle when the block is at rest.

When the block is moving, the dot moves to the side opposite of (or matching, maybe makes more sense) the movement vector (of the block itself) along the long axis of it.

It should not use the drone's total vector; This is important for being able to detect angular momentum with this block as well, by placing it perpendicular to the center of mass.

At zero tolerance it should detect even the slightest movement.

Not sure what total negative/positive speed range it should have but it doesn't matter too much since it's not really for detecting speed as much as figuring out your vector.

 

 

 

Uses:

This block would have many applications!

- hovering/anti-gravity setups

- detecting spin caused by external forces (e.g. in sumo)

- direction agnostic stabilization

 

Note: this is not an acceleration sensor, but it's similar; It's based on current velocity instead of ∆v