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  47     <h1>Documentation for OpenRocket</h1>
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  49     <h2>User documentation</h2>
  50     <p>Unfortunately no user's guide currently exists for OpenRocket.
  51       Some documentation is available in the
  52       <a href="http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/openrocket/">OpenRocket
  53       wiki pages</a>, including a stub
  54       <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=User%27s_Guide">User's
  55       guide</a> and a section of
  56       <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=FAQ">frequently
  57       asked questions</a>.</p>
  58     <p>If you would like to help, please extend the documentation!</p>
  59     <h2>Technical documentation</h2>
  60     <p>OpenRocket was originally written as the Master's thesis of
  61     Sampo Niskanen at Helsinki University of Technology.  This thesis
  62     is being extended and updated as the OpenRocket technical
  63     documentation.  Below is the latest technical documentation and
  64     the original Master's thesis.</p>
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  68         <a href="techdoc.pdf">OpenRocket technical documentation</a> (2011-07-18)
  69         &nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="note">(PDF&nbsp;1.4MB)</span>
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  73         <a href="thesis.pdf">Development of an Open Source model rocket simulation software</a> (Master's thesis)
  74         &nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="note">(PDF&nbsp;1.3MB)</span>
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  77     <p>The technical documentation is licensed under a
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  83     <p class="quote"><strong>Table of contents:</strong></p>
  84     <ol class="toc">
  85       <li>1. Introduction</li>
  86       <li>2. Basics of model rocket flight</li>
  87       <li>3. Aerodynamic properties of model rockets</li>
  88       <li>4. Flight simulation</li>
  89       <li>5. The OpenRocket simulation software</li>
  90       <li>6. Comparison with experimental data</li>
  91       <li>7. Conclusion</li>
  92     </ol>
  93     <ol class="toc">
  94       <li>A. Nose cone and transition geometries</li>
  95       <li>B. Transonic wave drag of nose cones</li>
  96       <li>C. Streamer drag coefficient estimation</li>
  97     </ol>
  98     <h2>Resources</h2>
  99     <p>A list of useful technical rocketry resources is available in
 100       the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/openrocket/index.php?title=Resources">"Resources"
 101       wiki page</a>, including links to Barrowman's original report and
 102       thesis, extensions for the Barrowman method, experimental rocket
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