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Three designs were thought of, one is the most suitable. The determination was made because of the cost and time facters, Pulley and spring system for the gimbal movement of the thruster was chosen.

Note: The inertia load to stiffness spring need to be properly calibrated. 

Gimbal Pulley and spring system

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Concept is similar to what Air Force research lab is researching for next generation missiles

Getting rid of control surfaces And replacing them with a single pivot point

Will not be continued because of time 
constraints

Linear actuator concept for gimbaling movement using nitinol wire

Considered was thrust vectoring, similar to the F 35

Will not be continued because of time 
constraints

These are the only notes I ever made. The way I work is mentally, it’s just a waste of time to sketch. I went through several iterations and different concepts over a few days mentally, then did some CAD work.

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