Rangefinder block idea

Would be cool to have a block that works as a laser rangefinder. So you could get a distance reading on the controlseat/cockpit displays or other types of outputs in the future.

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Ideas for uses

Judge distance left to asteroid/objects

I have found that when approaching asteroids in larger ships its sometimes hard to judge the distance to the asteroid in the last 50 meters or so. The asteroid covers the whole of the fpv sightline so its hard to get a decent perspective of the remaining distance without using 3rd person view.

Navigation

If it was possible to get readings of visible asteroids or points it would be easier to make the calculations for when to start the "slow down thrust burn" to get to that asteroid or point without overshooting/crashing.

"Parking sensor"

When flying larger ships in complicated environments it could be cool to connect a rangefinder to a sound block to get a warning when the ship gets to close to something. Similar to the way modern cars can sence when you get to close to obstacles.

PVP

Could also be fun for when more pvp is implemented to be able to make more calculated decitions of when to launch rocket barrages or homemade missiles.

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Implementation and making it fair

To not make it to powerfull it could come in two different sizes with different ranges.

• A small one for judging distances in the range of 0-100 meters with a more frequent update frequence.
• A larger one with much slower update frequence (or perhaps needing manual input for each reading) that has a far longer range and mainly used for judging long navigation distances.

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Love the work you guys are doing! Keep it up! :)