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  21   <h1>Features of OpenRocket</h1>
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  26       <li>OpenRocket</li>
  27       <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
  28       <li><a href="features.html">Features</a></li>
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  33         Mailing lists<br/>
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  49     <h2>Current features</h2>
  50
  51     <h3>General</h3>
  52
  53     <ul>
  54       <li><strong>Fully cross-platform</strong>, written in Java</li>
  55       <li><strong>Fully documented</strong> <a href="documentation.html">simulation
  56       methods</a></li>
  57       <li><strong>Open Source</strong>, source code available under the
  58         <a href="license.html">GNU GPL</a></li>
  59     </ul>
  60
  61     <h3>User interface</h3>
  62     <ul>
  63       <li><a href="screenshots.html">Easy-to-use user interface</a> for
  64         rocket design</li>
  65       <li><strong>Zoomable schematic view</strong> of rocket from the side or rear</li>
  66       <li>Rocket rotation around center axis</li>
  67       <li><strong>Real-time view of CG and CP</strong> position</li>
  68       <li><strong>Real-time flight altitude, velocity and
  69         acceleration</strong> information from a continuous simulation
  70         performed in the background</li>
  71     </ul>
  72
  73     <h3>Design</h3>
  74
  75     <ul>
  76       <li>A multitude of available components to
  77       choose from</li>
  78       <li><strong>Trapezoidal</strong>, <strong>elliptical</strong>
  79       and <strong>free-form fins</strong> supported</li>
  80       <li>Support for <strong>canted fins</strong> (roll
  81       stabilization)</li>
  82       <li><strong>Staging</strong> and <strong>clustering</strong> support</li>
  83       <li>Automatic calculation of component mass and CG based on
  84         shape and density</li>
  85       <li>Ability to <strong>override mass and CG</strong> of
  86         components or stages separately</li>
  87     </ul>
  88
  89     <h3>Simulation and analysis</h3>
  90
  91     <ul>
  92       <li>Full <strong>six degree of freedom</strong> simulation</li>
  93       <li>Rocket stability computed using <strong>extended Barrowman
  94         method</strong></li>
  95       <li>Realistic wind modeling</li>
  96       <li>Analysis of the <strong>effect of separate
  97       components</strong> on the stability, drag and roll
  98       characteristics of the rocket</li>
  99       <li><strong>Fully configurable plotting</strong>, with
 100       various preset configurations</li>
 101       <li><strong>Simulation listeners</strong> allowing custom-made
 102       code to interact with the rocket during flight simulation</li>
 103     </ul>
 104
 105
 106     <h2 id="future">Planned future features</h2>
 107
 108     <p>OpenRocket is under constant work, and anybody can help make
 109     OpenRocket an even better simulator!  Here are a few features that
 110     have been planned...</p>
 111
 112     <ul>
 113       <li>Aerodynamic computation using
 114       <acronym title="Computational Fluid Dynamics">CFD</acronym>
 115       <a href="contact.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
 116       <li>Better support for supersonic simulation
 117       <a href="contact.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
 118       <li>3D view of the rocket design
 119       <a href="contact.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
 120       <li>Saving figures and exporting simulation data</li>
 121       <li>Importing and plotting actual flight data from altimeters</li>
 122       <li>Importing new motor thrust curves</li>
 123       <li>Support for ready-made component databases</li>
 124       <li>Customized support for hybrid rocket motors and water
 125       rockets</li>
 126       <li>Rocket flight animation</li>
 127       <li>A "wizard" for creating new rocket designs</li>
 128       <li>. . .</li>
 129     </ul>
 130
 131     <p>If you want to help make OpenRocket the best rocket simulator,
 132     don't hesitate to <a href="contact.html">contact us</a>!</p>
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