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44 <h1>OpenRocket — an Open Source model rocket simulator</h1>
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68 <p><strong>OpenRocket</strong> is an free, fully featured model
69 rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your
70 rockets before actually building and flying them.</p>
71 <p>OpenRocket features a full six-degree-of-freedom simulation,
72 realistic wind modeling, a multitude of different components
73 including free-form fins and canted fins, clustering and
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91 <p><span class="date">5.3.2011:</span> Version 1.1.4 is
92 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
93 <p>This release includes initial printing support, thanks to Doug
94 Pedrick. Printing still has a few issues on some platforms.
95 Various bugs have also been fixed.</p>
96 <p><span class="date">6.10.2010:</span> Version 1.1.3 is
97 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
98 <p>This release includes support for moving and copying components
99 in the component tree using drag-and-drop. Use normal DnD for
100 moving, and control-drag for copy. This release also fixes a
101 severe bug in the undo system.</p>
102 <p><span class="date">7.9.2010:</span> A bug-fix version 1.1.2 is
103 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
104 <p>This release fixes a severe bug in 1.1.1 that prevented adding stages
105 to rocket designs. Users are recommended to upgrade.</p>
106 <p><span class="date">3.9.2010:</span> Version 1.1.1 is
107 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
108 <p>For this release a major part of the simulator code has been
109 rewritten for better flexibility in future development. It also
110 includes a vastly improved thrust curve selection dialog, the
111 possibility to loading user-defined thrust curves and better
112 startup times than previous releases.</p>
113 <p>Simulation listeners written for older versions of OpenRocket
114 are not compatible with this release.</p>
115 <p><span class="date">21.3.2010:</span> Version 1.1.0 is
116 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
117 <p>This release includes the first support for loading RockSim
118 rocket design files (.RKT), thanks to contributions by Doug
119 Pedrick. It's also the kick-off of the 1.1 development branch of
121 <p><span class="date">10.3.2010:</span> Version 1.0.0 is
122 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
123 <p>This release includes several hundred new thrustcurves from
124 <a href="http://www.thrustcurve.org/">thrustcurve.org</a> and some
125 bug fixes. It is also a stable milestone, after which development
126 on larger features will be started in a 1.1 branch. Look out
128 <p><span class="date">17.2.2010:</span> Version 0.9.6 is
129 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
130 <p>This release updates the aerodynamic calculation methods to be
131 more in line with the Barrowman method and enhances the simulation
132 time step selection, in addition to fixing numerous bugs.</p>
133 <p><span class="date">28.11.2009:</span> Version 0.9.5 is
134 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
135 <p>This release <strong>fixes a serious bug in 0.9.4</strong> that
136 prevented adding a tube coupler and centering ring to the same
137 body tube, in addition to a few smaller additions. Users of
138 0.9.4 should upgrade immediately!</p>
139 <p><span class="date">24.11.2009:</span> Version 0.9.4 is
140 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
141 <p>This version adds support for through-the-wall fin tabs,
142 attaching components to coupler tubes, material editing, automatic
143 update checking, in addition to fixing numerous bugs.</p>
144 <p><span class="date">1.9.2009:</span> Version 0.9.3 is
145 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
146 <p>This version includes lots of bug fixes and new features including
147 data exporting, showing flight events in plots, example rocket designs,
148 splitting clustered inner tubes and automated bug reporting.</p>
149 <p><span class="date">13.7.2009:</span> Version 0.9.2 is
150 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
151 <p>This version includes <strong>bug fixes for imperial unit
152 conversions</strong> and UI improvements for motor selection.
153 <em>All users of imperial units should upgrade!</em></p>
154 <p><span class="date">9.6.2009:</span> The
155 <a href="documentation.html">Master's thesis</a> for which OpenRocket
156 was written for is now available!</p>
157 <p>At the same time version 0.9.1 was
158 <a href="download.html">released</a>. This release fixes various
159 file handling bugs and adds small UI enhancements.</p>
160 <p><span class="date">24.5.2009:</span> First version 0.9.0
161 <a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
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