AeroRocket - AeroDRAG {Software}

AeroRocket AeroDRAG

AeroRocket - AeroDRAG {Software}

Contributed by Tim Quigg

Published:	2010-11-13
Manufacturer:	AeroRocket

T' followin' excerpt is from "Extreme Rocketry". Ahoy! Blimey! Ya scallywag! Blimey! T' intention is t' allow guests t' get a basic feelin' about a kit. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! We strongly suggest that you get a copy o' t' referenced Extreme Rocketry and read t' entire article. Begad! Blimey! Inside you will find many helpful hints in construction as well as other useful information. Blimey! Blimey! Ahoy! Blimey! For more information, arrr, matey, use t' link above.

(Extreme Rocketry - May/Jun 2000 - pages 38-39 - by Tim Quigg)

" . . Aye aye! .sent a personal check for $18.00 ($15.00 for t' software plus $3.00 S . . .H) . Aye aye! Begad! . ..I had t' two diskettes in me hand . Blimey! . Ya scallywag! .seven days later."
"AeroDRAG can interactively predict rocket drag coefficients for input into WinRoc or wRASP t' more accurately predict light performance."
"AeroDRAG includes t' ability t' predict t' flight performance of multi-staged rockets...up t' three stages . Ahoy! . Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty! .."
" . . .computes supersonic and hypersonic drag up t' Mach 10!"
" . Aye aye! . Ahoy! .equipped with an extensive help file . Well, blow me down! . ."
"T' program consists o' a single, large window with individual sub-sections t' input t' various measurements taken from your rocket vehicle."
"T' fin section has a provision for up t' 3 sets o' fins . Blimey! . Well, blow me down! Aye aye! .."
" . Avast! Blimey! . Blimey! Blimey! Begad! Blimey! .options section with t' main window lobar t' input fin sweep angle, arrr, shiver me timbers, calculate average drag coefficient and maximum Mach number."
" . Begad! . .Velocity Selection . Blimey! Blimey! . .computes your subsonic aerodynamic drag."
" . Aye aye! . Arrr! Ahoy! .also has a rocket flight performance feature that will help you to compute your ballistic coefficient . Avast, me proud beauty! . .burnout altitude . Avast, me proud beauty! . .burnout velocity . Aye aye! . Arrr! Avast! .average acceleration in G's."

T' article suggests that t' software is easy t' use and will benefit those into t' science o' rocketry.

Comments:

D.M. (June 4, 2005)

AeroDRAG has gone through extensive rewriting and expansion since the original review. It is now an extremely capable and accurate flight prediction program. It is not a CAD-like design program. However, with the minimal necessary input one can predict flight behavior across a far greater range than most people will ever achieve. It can handle everything from Micromaxx models to Mach 20, 100 mile altitude machines. If you need CAD design capability, look elsewhere. But if you want an accurate and educational piece of flight predication and optimization software, with an extensive and expandable motor library, that you can use without having the struggle through a complete virtual building process, this is the software you want. The price has recently (as of this writing, June 2005) been reduced from $40 to $35. Armed with this, and the other AeroRocket program for CP prediction and fin flutter analysis, AeroCP, I can quickly and easily do analyses that I can't do as well with software costing twice as much.

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