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