Momentum dampener/ stabilizing thruster

[OverlordSachi]

My suggestion is to either make another mode for the vtol thruster (have it fire opposite its current movement) or to make a dedicated small free-rotating thruster that produces less thrust that would fire in the opposite direction to its current momentum. The goal of this would be to attach it to parts that by necessity need to be a certain distance away from the main drone (such as anything on a hinge, motorized or not) and would reduce the shaking caused by the instability inherent to such connections, and hopefully thus preventing builds from shaking themselves apart as often. This thrust could be made to scale up to a certain point (though it would always be a low max thrust) depending on the speed of the movement of the part; but could also just be a constant output, since the slowing of the initiating movement would turn off the thruster. This thruster should have a minimum movement speed that would initiate thrust or else it may instead cause more vibrations and shaking through the regular operation of the drone. Ideally the thrust would be weaker than a vtol so that it would not noticeably impede the movement of the drone as a whole (since it would be firing against the direction of movement), but designs could likely be made to work should this become a mode for the vtol since it should merely slow down the drone rather than pulling it in random unexpected directions (depending on placement, I guess); And if implemented on vtol the inversion would instead amplify movement, acting as a helper to any movement thrusters, though it may be difficult to stop a moving drone with this once started. It could also be used to help hold a drone in space without movement (floating peacefully) should the tolerances for minimums and maximums be adjustable. 

 

Thank you for your consideration,

Sachi