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It turns out that the assumption of radial symmetry is absolutely pervasive in our CP calculations. Looking at FinSetCalc.calculateNonAxialForces(), we don't actually compute the CP of a fin -- we calculate its X value, and pin it to Y=Z=0. The only exception to this is in BarrowmanCalculator.calculateNonAxialForces(), where the pinning only takes place if there are three or more fins in a FinSet. If we remove the test for number of fins in the FinSet, we are in essence making the assumption that there are more fins *somewhere* which will end up being radially symmetric.
OpenRocket
Overview
OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.
The main features include:
- Six-degree-of-freedom flight simulation
- Automatic design optimization
- Realtime simulated altitude, velocity and acceleration display
- Staging and clustering support
- Cross-platform (Java-based)
Read more about it on the OpenRocket Wiki.
Installers
OpenRocket maintains an installer for installing the software and Jave runtime. You can find the installer for Windows at the link below. Installers for macOS and Linux are coming and will be added to this page when ready.
OpenRocket 15.03 Installer (Windows)
Release Notes
Release notes for all releases of OpenRocket are available at the following link.
License
OpenRocket is an Open Source project licensed under the GNU GPL. This means that the software is free to use for whatever purposes, and the source code is also available for studying and extending.
Contributing
OpenRocket needs help to become even better. Implementing features, writing documentation and creating example designs are just a few ways of helping. If you are interested in helping make OpenRocket the best rocket simulator out there, please click here for information on how to get involved!
Contributors
- Sampo Niskanen, main developer
- Doug Pedrick, support for RockSim designs, printing
- Kevin Ruland, Android version
- Bill Kuker, 3D visualization
- Richard Graham, geodetic computations
- Jason Blood, freeform fin set import
- Boris du Reau, internationalization
Translators
- Tripoli France
- Tripoli Spain
- Stefan Lobas / ERIG
- Mauro Biasutti
- Sky Dart Team
- Vladimir Beran
- Polish Rocketry Society / Łukasz & Alex Kazanski