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6 <h1>Documentation for OpenRocket</h1>
10 <h2>User documentation</h2>
12 <p>Unfortunately no user's guide currently exists for OpenRocket.
13 Some documentation is available in the
14 <a href="http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/openrocket/">OpenRocket
15 wiki pages</a>, including a stub
16 <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=User%27s_Guide">User's
17 guide</a> and a section of
18 <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=FAQ">frequently
19 asked questions</a>.</p>
21 <p>If you would like to help, please extend the documentation!</p>
24 <h2>Technical documentation</h2>
26 <p>OpenRocket was originally written as the Master's thesis of
27 Sampo Niskanen at Helsinki University of Technology. This thesis
28 is being extended and updated as the OpenRocket technical
29 documentation. Below is the latest technical documentation and
30 the original Master's thesis.</p>
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34 <span class="licenseimage"><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"><img alt="CC BY-SA" src="cc-by-sa-80x15.png" /></a></span>
35 <a href="techdoc.pdf">OpenRocket technical documentation</a> (2010-04-06)
36 <span class="note">(PDF 1.3MB)</span>
40 <span class="licenseimage"><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="CC BY-NC-ND" src="cc-by-nc-nd-80x15.png" /></a></span>
41 <a href="thesis.pdf">Development of an Open Source model rocket simulation software</a> (Master's thesis)
42 <span class="note">(PDF 1.3MB)</span>
46 <p>The technical documentation is licensed under a
47 <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>
48 while the Master's thesis is licensed under a
49 <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/fi/deed.en">Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
54 <p class="quote"><strong>Table of contents:</strong></p>
56 <li>1. Introduction</li>
57 <li>2. Basics of model rocket flight</li>
58 <li>3. Aerodynamic properties of model rockets</li>
59 <li>4. Flight simulation</li>
60 <li>5. The OpenRocket simulation software</li>
61 <li>6. Comparison with experimental data</li>
62 <li>7. Conclusion</li>
65 <li>A. Nose cone and transition geometries</li>
66 <li>B. Transonic wave drag of nose cones</li>
67 <li>C. Streamer drag coefficient estimation</li>
74 <p>A list of useful technical rocketry resources is available in
75 the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=Resources">"Resources"
76 wiki page</a>, including links to Barrowman's original report and
77 thesis, extensions for the Barrowman method, experimental rocket