General
- Fully cross-platform, written in Java
- Fully documented simulation methods
- Open Source, source code available under the GNU GPL
User interface
- Easy-to-use user interface for rocket design
- Real-time view of CG and CP position
- Real-time flight altitude, velocity and acceleration information from a continuous simulation performed in the background
- Zoomable schematic view of rocket from the side or rear, with rotation around the center axis
Design
- 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
- Full six degree of freedom simulation
- Rocket stability computed using extended Barrowman method
- Automatic design optimization --- you can optimize any number of rocket parameters for flight altitude, maximum velocity or a number of other values
- 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 data can be exported to CSV files for further analysis
- Simulation listeners allowing custom-made code to interact with the rocket during flight simulation
What's New:
- This release contains numerous bug fixes, updated 3D JOGL libraries, and separated simulation edit and plot dialogs.