Quicktime Movies for using RockSim v9:

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

These videos require QuickTime v7 or later (they use the H.264 Codec). For the latest version of Quicktime click on the link below.

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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)

TARC Tutorial 2:

• Make an inverted cone shape rocket that is useful for egglofters. (7 min, 21 sec. 20.8 Mb)

TARC Tutorial 3: (NEW - 9-15-09)

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

TARC Tutorial 4:

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