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Originally Posted by de_
if we could design something where the effects of gravity can be neutralized (gigantic spring), I could see how the current PID class could work well but so far we don't know how to do it. So currently with the same power, going up goes slowly and controllable, going down races at high speed and gathers lots of momentum. This behaviour is a bottle neck to a super high performance (ie high speed) ladder.
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Instead of a spring, could you put some kind of viscous damper* on it? Like those things they put on screen doors to keep them from flying out of your hand in a high wind? Yes it would slow down your "up" speed a little, but it would slow down your "down" speed a lot.
*caveat: check the rules to make sure it's legal.