Current features
- -General
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- Fully cross-platform, written in Java -
- Fully documented simulation - methods -
- Open Source, source code available under the - GNU GPL -
User interface
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- Easy-to-use user interface for - rocket design -
- Zoomable schematic view of rocket from the side or rear -
- Rocket rotation around center axis -
- Real-time view of CG and CP position -
- Real-time flight altitude, velocity and - acceleration information from a continuous simulation - performed in the background -
Design
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- A multitude of available components to - choose from -
- Trapezoidal, elliptical - and free-form fins supported -
- Support for canted fins (roll - stabilization) -
- Staging and clustering support -
- Automatic calculation of component mass and CG based on - shape and density -
- Ability to override mass and CG of - components or stages separately -
Simulation and analysis
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- Full six degree of freedom simulation -
- Rocket stability computed using extended Barrowman - method -
- Realistic wind modeling -
- Analysis of the effect of separate - components on the stability, drag and roll - characteristics of the rocket -
- Fully configurable plotting, with - various preset configurations -
- Simulation listeners allowing custom-made - code to interact with the rocket during flight simulation -
Planned future features
- -OpenRocket is under constant work, and anybody can help make - OpenRocket an even better simulator! Here are a few features that - have been planned...
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- Aerodynamic computation using - CFD - (help needed!) -
- Better support for supersonic simulation - (help needed!) -
- 3D view of the rocket design - (help needed!) -
- Saving figures and exporting simulation data -
- Importing and plotting actual flight data from altimeters -
- Importing new motor thrust curves -
- Support for ready-made component databases -
- Customized support for hybrid rocket motors and water - rockets -
- Rocket flight animation -
- A "wizard" for creating new rocket designs -
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If you want to help make OpenRocket the best rocket simulator, - don't hesitate to contact us!
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