Video Tutorials for using RockSim v9:

1. Get Started by opening an existing design & run a simple simulation
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2. Flight Profile: See what the flight will look like
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3. Flight Profile Preferences: What extra information can be gleaned from the flight profile?
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4. Customize the units, and change the 2D rocket drawing to your specifications
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5. Zooming in on the 2D view. Changing the simulation summary columns
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6. Customize the 3D view - Part 1. Orienting the rocket, and zooming in and out.
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7. Customize the 3D view - Part 2. Modifying preferences, Adding lights, changing the resolution.
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8. Modifying existing rocket designs. Changing the number of stages, and using the slider bars
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9. Create a new rocket design #1
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10. Create a new rocket design #2
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11. Create a new rocket design #3
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12. Create Custom Fins
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13. Scaling Custom Fins and Your Rocket
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14. Creating Sub-Assemblies
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15. Make Strap-on Booster Pods
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16. Attaching Fins to other fins
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17. Advanced Pod Design
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18. Adding Simulated Jet Engines
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19. Help: Where to find the additional information on RockSim
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20. Export RockSim simulation data to a MS-Excel spreadsheet, and combine data to make comparison graphs (26 Mb)
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21. How to load new rocket engine files into RockSim (8.9 Mb)
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22. How to create motor data files from NAR data sheets. (7.8 Mb)
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23. How to create motor data files from Tripoli data sheets. (13.3 Mb)
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24. How to create a jpg image, which is needed for video #23 above (2.2 Mb)
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25. Print out a full-size 2D drawing of your RockSim design (17.3 Mb)
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26. Importing motor files using RockSim's "Download Engine Data" feature. (29.6 Mb)
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27. How to download a design file from the Apogee Components Web site (very basic). 7.5 Mb
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28. How to Import Part-Data Files (9Mb)
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29. Setting up Dual-Deployment (6.9 Mb)
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30. High-Power Staging, Air Starting (16.9 Mb)
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31. Download Engine Data (6.6 MB)
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32. Import Engine Files - Windows (10.3 MB)
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33. Import Engine Files - Mac (6 MB)
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TARC Tutorials Using RockSim v8 or v9:

TARC Tutorial 1:

• How to create a complex nose cone, like an egg capsule in RockSim. (5 min, 23 sec. 14.7 Mb)
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TARC Tutorial 2:

• Make an inverted cone shape rocket that is useful for egglofters. (7 min, 21 sec. 20.8 Mb)
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TARC Tutorial 3: (NEW - 9-15-09)

• Setting up the situation where the nose cone returns separate from the fin portion of the rocket. (6 min, 15 sec., 15.9 Mb)
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TARC Tutorial 4:

• Selecting the right size parachute, and finding the time aloft. (5 min, 53 sec., 24.5 Mb)
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TARC Tutorial 5:

• How to add a new parachute to the RockSim database. (5.8 Mb)
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