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	== Preface ==		== Preface ==

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	== Third-Party Software ==		== Third-Party Software ==

	=== ~~<u>~~AeroFinSim~~</u>~~ ===		=== AeroFinSim ===

	==== Overview ====		==== Overview ====
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	<p>AeroFinSim does not save, open, or import or export design data. The fin data points and material selections must be manually entered each time the AeroFinSim application is opened.</p>		<p>AeroFinSim does not save, open, or import or export design data. The fin data points and material selections must be manually entered each time the AeroFinSim application is opened.</p>

	=== ~~<u>~~RASAero~~</u>~~ ===		<br>

			=== RASAero ===

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	<p>OpenRocket file export compatibility with RASAero, to the extent possible, is expected in the future.</p>		<p>OpenRocket file export compatibility with RASAero, to the extent possible, is expected in the future.</p>

	<p><i><b>Please Note</b>: Although RASAero is the most accurate aerodynamic <b>analysis software</b> for use in model rocketry, it is not without limitations which can prevent the correct importation of a design file. By way of example, RASAero fin shapes are currently <b>limited to straight-line fin leading and trailing edges and straight-line fin tip chords parallel to the rocket body</b>, and fins featuring a convex angle or other non-standard profile will not import correctly. <b>Complex fin shapes have to be approximated by straight-line segments with the fin tip chord parallel to the rocket body.</b></p>		<p><i><b>Please Note</b>: Although RASAero is the most accurate aerodynamic <b>analysis software</b> for use in model rocketry, it is not without limitations which can prevent the correct importation of a design file. By way of example, RASAero fin shapes are currently <b>limited to straight-line fin leading and trailing edges and straight-line fin tip chords parallel to the rocket body</b>, and fins featuring a convex angle or other non-standard profile will not import correctly. <b>Complex fin shapes have to be approximated by straight-line segments with the fin tip chord parallel to the rocket body.</b></p>----

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	<p>OpenRocket file export compatibility with RASAero, to the extent possible, is expected in the future.</p>		<p>OpenRocket file export compatibility with RASAero, to the extent possible, is expected in the future.</p>

	<p><i><b>Please Note</b>: Although RASAero is the most accurate aerodynamic ~~analytic~~ for use in model rocketry, it is not without limitations which can prevent the correct importation of a design file. By way of example, RASAero ~~limits the~~ fin ~~profile~~ to ~~trapezoidal shapes (~~fins featuring convex ~~angles~~ or other non-~~trapezoidal profiles are not supported and~~ will not import correctly.</p>		<p><i><b>Please Note</b>: Although RASAero is the most accurate aerodynamic <b>analysis software</b> for use in model rocketry, it is not without limitations which can prevent the correct importation of a design file. By way of example, RASAero fin shapes are currently <b>limited to straight-line fin leading and trailing edges and straight-line fin tip chords parallel to the rocket body</b>, and fins featuring a convex angle or other non-standard profile will not import correctly. <b>Complex fin shapes have to be approximated by straight-line segments with the fin tip chord parallel to the rocket body.</b></p>

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	# Save the modified design as a RockSim (.rkt) file.		# Save the modified design as a RockSim (.rkt) file.
	# Open RASAero and import the previously saved RockSim (.rkt) design file.		# Open RASAero and import the previously saved RockSim (.rkt) design file.
			# After importing the RockSim (.rkt) design file into RASAero, the fin airfoil inputs should be checked. The rocket may have used an airfoil that is included in RASAero, but not included in OpenRocket or RockSim, and the airfoil may have been approximated by another airfoil in the OpenRocket or RockSim inputs.
			# After importing the RockSim (.rkt) design file into RASAero, the rail guide, launch shoe, and launch lug inputs should be checked. Some of the rail guide, launch shoe, and launch lug configurations are inputted differently in RASAero compared to OpenRocket and RockSim.

	<p>OpenRocket file export compatibility with RASAero, to the extent possible, is expected in the future.</p>		<p>OpenRocket file export compatibility with RASAero, to the extent possible, is expected in the future.</p>

	<p><i><b>Please Note</b>: Although RASAero is the most accurate aerodynamic analytic for use in model rocketry, it is not without limitations which can prevent the correct importation of a design file. By way of example, RASAero limits the fin profile to trapezoidal shapes (fins featuring convex angles or other non-trapezoidal profiles are not supported and will not import correctly.</p>		<p><i><b>Please Note</b>: Although RASAero is the most accurate aerodynamic analytic for use in model rocketry, it is not without limitations which can prevent the correct importation of a design file. By way of example, RASAero limits the fin profile to trapezoidal shapes (fins featuring convex angles or other non-trapezoidal profiles are not supported and will not import correctly.</p>

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	==== Obtaining RASAero ====		==== Obtaining RASAero ====

	<p>The RASAero ~~application~~ was developed by Charles E. Rogers and David Cooper~~, and may~~ be ~~obtained~~ from Rogers Aeroscience at: [http://rasaero.com <font color="blue">RASAero.com</font>]</p>		<p>The RASAero software was developed by Charles E. (Chuck) Rogers and David (Coop) Cooper. The software can be downloaded for free from the Rogers Aeroscience website at: [http://rasaero.com <font color="blue">RASAero.com</font>]</p>

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	<p>RASAero can also be used for predicting aerodynamic coefficients for use in other flight simulation programs for orbital rockets.</p>		<p>RASAero can also be used for predicting aerodynamic coefficients for use in other flight simulation programs for orbital rockets.</p>

			<p>The RASAero software is free software and can be downloaded and installed for free. The RASAero software is not open-source software.</p>

	==== Obtaining RASAero ====		==== Obtaining RASAero ====

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	<p>RASAero is a combined aerodynamic analysis and flight simulation software package for model rockets and high power rockets, amateur rockets, and sounding rockets. The RASAero aerodynamic prediction methods are the most accurate available for model, high power, and amateur rockets, and are of equivalent accuracy to professional engineering method aerodynamic analysis codes used for missiles, sounding rockets, and space launch vehicles.</p>		<p>RASAero is a combined aerodynamic analysis and flight simulation software package for model rockets and high power rockets, amateur rockets, and sounding rockets. The RASAero aerodynamic prediction methods are the most accurate available for model, high power, and amateur rockets, and are of equivalent accuracy to professional engineering method aerodynamic analysis codes used for missiles, sounding rockets, and space launch vehicles.</p>

	<p>RASAero can also be used for predicting aerodynamic coefficients for use in other flight simulation programs for orbital rockets</p>		<p>RASAero can also be used for predicting aerodynamic coefficients for use in other flight simulation programs for orbital rockets.</p>

	==== Obtaining RASAero ====		==== Obtaining RASAero ====

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	==== Obtaining RASAero ====		==== Obtaining RASAero ====

	<p>The RASAero application was developed by Charles E. Rogers and David Cooper, and may be obtained from Rogers Aeroscience at:~~</p>~~		<p>The RASAero application was developed by Charles E. Rogers and David Cooper, and may be obtained from Rogers Aeroscience at: [http://rasaero.com <font color="blue">RASAero.com</font>]</p>
	[http://rasaero.com <font color="blue">RASAero.com</font>]

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	==== Obtaining AeroFinSim ====		==== Obtaining AeroFinSim ====

	<p>The AeroFinSim application was developed by John Cipolla, the Chief Aerodynamicist at AeroRocket Engineering, and may be obtained from AeroRocket Engineering by asking download permission and instructions through an email request to [mailto:aerocfd@icloud.com?subject=General%20questions <font color="blue">John Cipolla</font>].This request should contain your name, and your intended use of the application (one or more of the program portions for use only within model rocketry). John Cipolla reserves the right to grant or deny any such request, at his sole discretion.</p>		<p>The AeroFinSim application was developed by John Cipolla, the Chief Aerodynamicist at AeroRocket Engineering, and may be obtained from AeroRocket Engineering by asking download permission and instructions through an email request to [mailto:aerocfd@icloud.com?subject=General%20questions <font color="blue">John Cipolla</font>].This request should contain your name, and your intended use of the application (one or more of the program portions for use only within model rocketry). Because of the nature of the application and its potential for misuse, John Cipolla reserves the right to grant or deny any such request, at his sole discretion.</p>

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	==== Obtaining AeroFinSim ====		==== Obtaining AeroFinSim ====

	<p>The AeroFinSim application was developed by John Cipolla, the Chief Aerodynamicist at AeroRocket Engineering, and may be obtained from AeroRocket Engineering by asking download permission and instructions through an email request to [mailto:aerocfd@icloud.com?subject=General%20questions <font color="blue">John Cipolla</font>].This request should contain your name, and your intended use of the application. John Cipolla reserves the right to grant or deny any such request, at his sole discretion.</p>		<p>The AeroFinSim application was developed by John Cipolla, the Chief Aerodynamicist at AeroRocket Engineering, and may be obtained from AeroRocket Engineering by asking download permission and instructions through an email request to [mailto:aerocfd@icloud.com?subject=General%20questions <font color="blue">John Cipolla</font>].This request should contain your name, and your intended use of the application (one or more of the program portions for use only within model rocketry). John Cipolla reserves the right to grant or deny any such request, at his sole discretion.</p>

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	==== Obtaining AeroFinSim ====		==== Obtaining AeroFinSim ====

	~~<p>~~<p>The AeroFinSim application was developed by John Cipolla, the Chief Aerodynamicist at AeroRocket Engineering, and may be obtained from AeroRocket Engineering by asking download permission and instructions ~~from John Cipolla~~ through an email request to: [mailto:aerocfd@icloud.com?subject=General%20questions <font color="blue">~~aerocfd@icloud.com~~</font>]</p>		<p>The AeroFinSim application was developed by John Cipolla, the Chief Aerodynamicist at AeroRocket Engineering, and may be obtained from AeroRocket Engineering by asking download permission and instructions through an email request to [mailto:aerocfd@icloud.com?subject=General%20questions <font color="blue">John Cipolla</font>].This request should contain your name, and your intended use of the application. John Cipolla reserves the right to grant or deny any such request, at his sole discretion.</p>

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