Sensor data as axis groups!

[Pds314]

I would LOVE to have access to the data we can see in action menus as its own axis group which can control things. Like a barometer's pressure display or a motor's RPM or a servo's angle or a cockpit's radar altitude being used to control the thrust limiter on a rocket engine or something. Maybe even going nuts and allowing advanced tweakables to turn the AOA of a wing surface or prop blade or something into an axis group. Even Wheel stress or a part's overheat level or similar could be useful in certain situations as an axis group.

Edited January 3, 2020 by Pds314

[HvP]

I very much agree.

Imagine if the scientific instruments were actually useful.

A thermometer could turn on and off a bank of drills when they begin to overheat, or deploy solar panels when the sun hits it. Landing gear could auto-deploy at altitude. A barometer would be required for parachutes to auto-deploy. The seismic accelerometer could trigger aborts. Maybe the atmospheric scanner could be repurposed as an angle-of-attack sensor to use as a rudimentary glide angle autopilot.

Unlocking the ability to use most part outputs to trigger action groups like you suggest could literally be a game changer - especially with the robotic parts.

[Challyss]

I don't think that's so likely to be a thing.

And.... there are mods for that. Check into KOS, you'll find ways to do all these cute things (like altitude controling parachute deployment, vertical speed triggering heatshield jettison, and more !)