balast autopilot: adust distrubtion and mass for a controlled sink

[Rushligh]

Does anybody have any idea how to implement this? i understand the ballast portion, and can make them on my own but i have no clue how to create an auto pilot.

a while back 1.0.2 there was a mk1/mk2 'ballast/sinker' mod that gave parts that could suck up water or expel them, gaining or loosing mass. that's all wonderful, but in order to create an accurately designed sub you need a bow and stern ballast tank. i don't know about you, but controlling them manually in near impossible for me.

I'm proposing a small module, an autopilot that can take an input depth and intended orientation in degrees, and then adjust the ballast level of each tank in a vessel accordingly in real time to match that intended positioning. unfortunately, i have no idea how buoyancy works in ksp 1.1.2 mechanic wise.

The ballasts would be simple 1.25, and 2.5 m tanks with the ability to exchange electric charge to either fill their tanks with "ballast-water", or expel it.
I'd also include a water-based RCS jet system which shouldn't be to difficult to manage at all. 
 

it would certainly help if my spelling was better

Edited May 21, 2016 by Rushligh