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44 <h1>Documentation for OpenRocket</h1>
46 <h2>User documentation</h2>
47 <p>Unfortunately no user's guide currently exists for OpenRocket.
48 Some documentation is available in the
49 <a href="http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/openrocket/">OpenRocket
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51 <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=User%27s_Guide">User's
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56 <h2>Technical documentation</h2>
57 <p>OpenRocket was originally written as the Master's thesis of
58 Sampo Niskanen at Helsinki University of Technology. The thesis
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60 updated in the future to account for further enhancements.
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64 <p><a href="thesis.pdf">Development of an Open Source model
65 rocket simulation software</a> (PDF, 1.3MB)</p>
66 <p class="quote"><strong>Table of contents:</strong></p>
68 <li>1. Introduction</li>
69 <li>2. Basics of model rocket flight</li>
70 <li>3. Aerodynamic properties of model rockets</li>
71 <li>4. Flight simulation</li>
72 <li>5. The OpenRocket simulation software</li>
73 <li>6. Comparison with experimental data</li>
74 <li>7. Conclusion</li>
77 <li>A. Nose cone and transition geometries</li>
78 <li>B. Transonic wave drag of nose cones</li>
79 <li>C. Streamer drag coefficient estimation</li>
82 <p>A list of useful technical rocketry resources is available in
83 the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=Resources">"Resources"
84 wiki page</a>, including links to Barrowman's original report and
85 thesis, extensions for the Barrowman method, experimental rocket
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