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								    < h2 > User documentation< / h2 > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								    < p > Unfortunately no user's guide currently exists for OpenRocket.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      Some documentation is available in the
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < a  href = "http://wiki.openrocket.info/" > OpenRocket
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      wiki pages< / a > , including a stub
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < a  href = "http://wiki.openrocket.info/User%27s_Guide" > User's
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      guide< / a >  and a section of
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < a  href = "http://wiki.openrocket.info/FAQ" > frequently
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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								    < p > If you would like to help, please extend the documentation!< / p > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								    < h2 > Technical documentation< / h2 > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								    < p > OpenRocket was originally written as the Master's thesis of
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								    Sampo Niskanen at Helsinki University of Technology.  This thesis
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								    is being extended and updated as the OpenRocket technical
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								    documentation.  Below is the latest technical documentation and
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								    the original Master's thesis.< / p > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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									< a  href = "techdoc.pdf" > OpenRocket technical documentation< / a >  (2013-05-10)
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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									< a  href = "thesis.pdf" > Development of an Open Source model rocket simulation software< / a >  (Master's thesis)
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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								    while the Master's thesis is licensed under a
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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								    < p  class = "quote" > < strong > Table of contents:< / strong > < / p > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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								      < li > 1. Introduction< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < li > 2. Basics of model rocket flight< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < li > 3. Aerodynamic properties of model rockets< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < li > 4. Flight simulation< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < li > 5. The OpenRocket simulation software< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < li > 6. Comparison with experimental data< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < li > 7. Conclusion< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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								      < li > A. Nose cone and transition geometries< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < li > B. Transonic wave drag of nose cones< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      < li > C. Streamer drag coefficient estimation< / li > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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								    < h2 > Resources< / h2 > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								    < p > A list of useful technical rocketry resources is available in
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      the < a  href = "http://wiki.openrocket.info/Resources" > "Resources"
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      wiki page< / a > , including links to Barrowman's original report and
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								      thesis, extensions for the Barrowman method, experimental rocket
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
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