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by josephcsible 1204 days ago
One suggestion: if the lander is within about 10 feet of the ground and is still either swaying back and forth or going really fast laterally, it should thrust upwards to buy more time to correct those things.
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szhu 1204 days ago
oh yeah definitely. Left as an exercise for the reader??

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szhu 1204 days ago
Actually, I think my new algorithm fixes this -- and without any dedicated "swaying" edge case!
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