Announcing Virtual Range 1.0 for Mac OS X
Thursday, August 6th, 2009I am pleased to announce version 1.0 of Virtual Range, my rocket simulator for Mac OS X. Virtual Range can simulate the flight of a rocket model in real time (on sufficiently powerful CPUs), and tell you if it is stable. It will also record the maximum altitude and acceleration, and the time until apogee. All this is very important information if you have built a rocket and want to know what kind of engine you should put in it. Virtual Range estimates the aerodynamic forces acting on the rocket in flight using the US Air Force DATCOM drag methods and Barrowman's center of pressure method. The simulated flight is displayed with basic, but accurate… Read More