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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. The thesis
28 currently functions as the technical documentation, and will be
29 updated in the future to account for further enhancements.
30 The thesis is licensed under a
31 <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/fi/deed.en">Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License</a>.</p>
33 <p class="right"><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/fi/deed.en"><img alt="Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd-nc/1.0/fi/88x31.png" /></a></p>
37 <p><a href="thesis.pdf">Development of an Open Source model
38 rocket simulation software</a> (PDF, 1.3MB)</p>
41 <p class="quote"><strong>Table of contents:</strong></p>
43 <li>1. Introduction</li>
44 <li>2. Basics of model rocket flight</li>
45 <li>3. Aerodynamic properties of model rockets</li>
46 <li>4. Flight simulation</li>
47 <li>5. The OpenRocket simulation software</li>
48 <li>6. Comparison with experimental data</li>
49 <li>7. Conclusion</li>
52 <li>A. Nose cone and transition geometries</li>
53 <li>B. Transonic wave drag of nose cones</li>
54 <li>C. Streamer drag coefficient estimation</li>
60 <p>A list of useful technical rocketry resources is available in
61 the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=Resources">"Resources"
62 wiki page</a>, including links to Barrowman's original report and
63 thesis, extensions for the Barrowman method, experimental rocket