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Comment by throwaway85825

2 days ago

I'll bite. What do you see as applications of for commodity cold gas thrusters? Excluding rockets.

Rapid adjustment of drone flighpaths with micro-thrusts? Getting interceptors out of tubes faster without explosions/temps/fumes? Anything where rocket propellant, heat is a problem?

Breaking, emergency braking in trucks? Kind of like reverse thrust in airplanes.

  • 1. No rockets

    Drones are extremely weight sensitive. Adding a heavy thruster would massively eat into the payload.

    Trucks are also weight limited by the 80k rule. Brakes are far superior.