Good #STEM session with my gang of young hoodlums today learning #rocket design with #opensource #OpenRocket. They followed along a basic rocket recipe and then were challenged in pairs to redesign the airframe with the same motor optimising for altitude. They all smashed it!
Una herramienta que acabo de descubrir para diseñar cohetes. Una maravilla https://www.ikkaro.com/que-es-openrocket/ #openrocket #cohetes #opensource
OpenRocket, software de diseño de cohetes Open Source - Ikkaro

Herramienta Open Source para el diseño y simulación de cohetes. Una herramienta indispensable para todo el que quiera trabajar con cohetes

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OpenRocket Simulator

OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.

OpenRocket Simulator

OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.

🚀 Oh, joy! Another gloriously convoluted #simulator where rocket science becomes everyone’s hobby... because clearly, everyone needs 50 variables to launch a bottle rocket. 🤓💥 If you ever wanted to spend hours in a user manual while dreaming of virtual flight, #OpenRocket is the mind-numbing way to go! 📚✨
https://openrocket.info/ #rocketlaunch #spaceenthusiasts #hobbyistgaming #virtualflight #HackerNews #ngated
OpenRocket Simulator

OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.

OpenRocket Simulator

OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.

#Artemis dies when #OpenRocket is born.
#Artemis dies when #OpenRocket is born.

For anyone who has no idea what I'm talking about but is interested anyway, almost 3 years ago I starting trying to design from scratch 3D printed model rockets to carry a small video camera and altitude logger while remaining as small and light a possible.

I spent quite a bit of time fiddling around in FreeCAD and OpenRocket and 3D printing prototype parts trying to come up with something that could carry the payload while being both light enough to fly well and tough enough to survive the flight. Eventually this resulted in a series of lights in late 2022, and here are the results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4I2bufpGQc

#ModelRocket #3DPrinting #FreeCAD #OpenRocket

3D printed rockets - first flights

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