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  47     <h1>Features of OpenRocket</h1>
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  49     <h2>Current features</h2>
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  52           <img src="shots-small/main.jpg" alt="Main window" /><br/>
  53           The main rocket design window is used to design the rocket
  54           and it also provides information about a flight simulation
  55           in real-time.
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  59           dialog" /><br/>
  60           The component shape and properties are defined in their own
  61           dialog.
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  65           dialog" /><br/>
  66           You can analyze the effect of individual components on the
  67           stability, drag and roll characteristics of the rocket.
  68       </a></div>
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  71                alt="Simulation plot options" /><br/>
  72           The simulation results can be plotted in a multitude
  73           of ways.  You can either use the predefined plot
  74           configurations or define your own.<br/>
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  78           The simulations are plotted using the
  79           <em>JFreeChart</em> plotting library.
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  82     <h3>General</h3>
  83     <ul>
  84       <li><strong>Fully cross-platform</strong>, written in Java</li>
  85       <li><strong>Fully documented</strong> <a href="documentation.html">simulation
  86           methods</a></li>
  87       <li><strong>Open Source</strong>, source code available under the
  88         <a href="license.html">GNU GPL</a></li>
  89     </ul>
  90     <h3>User interface</h3>
  91     <ul>
  92       <li><strong>Easy-to-use user interface</strong> for
  93         rocket design</li>
  94       <li><strong>Real-time view of CG and CP</strong> position</li>
  95       <li><strong>Real-time flight altitude, velocity and
  96           acceleration</strong> information from a continuous simulation
  97         performed in the background</li>
  98       <li>Zoomable schematic view of rocket from the side or rear,
  99         with rotation around the center axis</li>
 100     </ul>
 101     <h3>Design</h3>
 102     <ul>
 103       <li>A multitude of available components to
 104         choose from</li>
 105       <li><strong>Trapezoidal</strong>, <strong>elliptical</strong>
 106         and <strong>free-form fins</strong> supported</li>
 107       <li>Support for <strong>canted fins</strong> (roll
 108         stabilization)</li>
 109       <li><strong>Staging</strong> and <strong>clustering</strong> support</li>
 110       <li>Automatic calculation of component mass and CG based on
 111         shape and density</li>
 112       <li>Ability to <strong>override mass and CG</strong> of
 113         components or stages separately</li>
 114     </ul>
 115     <h3>Simulation and analysis</h3>
 116     <ul>
 117       <li>Full <strong>six degree of freedom</strong> simulation</li>
 118       <li>Rocket stability computed using <strong>extended Barrowman
 119           method</strong></li>
 120       <li><strong>Automatic design optimization</strong> &mdash; you
 121         can optimize any number of rocket parameters for flight
 122         altitude, maximum velocity or a number of other values</li>
 123       <li>Realistic wind modeling</li>
 124       <li>Analysis of the <strong>effect of separate
 125           components</strong> on the stability, drag and roll
 126         characteristics of the rocket</li>
 127       <li><strong>Fully configurable plotting</strong>, with
 128         various preset configurations</li>
 129       <li>Simulation data can be <strong>exported to
 130           <acronym title="Comma Separated Values">CSV</acronym>
 131           files</strong> for further analysis</li>
 132       <li><strong>Simulation listeners</strong> allowing custom-made
 133         code to interact with the rocket during flight simulation</li>
 134     </ul>
 135     <h2 id="future">Planned future features</h2>
 136     <p>OpenRocket is under constant work in the free time of the
 137       developers.  You can have a sneak preview on what has been
 138       planned by checking the
 139       <a href="http://openrocket.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openrocket/trunk/TODO">TODO-file</a>
 140       in the SVN repository.</p>
 141     <p>Below are a few major features that are under consideration:</p>
 142     <ul>
 143       <li>Aerodynamic computation using
 144         <acronym title="Computational Fluid Dynamics">CFD</acronym>
 145         <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
 146       <li>Better support for supersonic simulation
 147         <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
 148       <li>3D view of the rocket design
 149         <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help
 150         needed!)</a></li>
 151       <li>Printing and saving figures, simulation data and designs</li>
 152       <li>Support for ready-made component databases</li>
 153       <li>Customized support for hybrid rocket motors and water
 154         rockets</li>
 155       <li>Importing and plotting actual flight data from altimeters</li>
 156       <li>Rocket flight animation</li>
 157       <li>A "wizard" for creating new rocket designs</li>
 158       <li class="spacer">More ideas are listed in the
 159         <a href="http://openrocket.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openrocket/trunk/TODO">TODO-file</a>!</li>
 160     </ul>
 161     <p>If you want to help make OpenRocket the best rocket simulator,
 162       don't hesitate to <a href="getinvolved.html">Get involved!</a></p>
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