FWIW, Oracle/Sun is working on a Java compiler for iOS that will product native (and thus compliant) iOS binaries. Java on the iPad has been publicly demoed, as well!
I know this is a bit more "out there", but here's what I'd love to see in a rocket simulation tool on a portable android/tablet platform....
1) The portable device knows my GPS location, so I'd like it to contact a weather database and pull up the current windspeed and direction where I am currently located (at the launch site) - even better if it can pull out data of windspeed variation vs elevation at my current location (if that data even exists) Use the current wind data in the simulation I am running now - and use the results of the OR analysis to predict the GPS coordinates where the rocket should launch and provide it in GPS as well as compass heading and distance from the launch pad.
2) There is an iPad application you can take outside and point at the night sky to "see" the constellations. I'd like a similar app on my OR equipped android phone where I go to the launch pad, and click a button so OR "knows" the GPS coords of my launch pad, then I walk 100 or so feet in any direction and hit another button to record my observation post GPS coordinates. Now my buddy launches the rocket and I use the android as a "sighting tool" (maybe using the camera on the device?) to track the rocket during the "up" portion up to apogee. The android now knows the angle of inclination from my observation post to apogee so it should be able to estimate my altitude at apogee (using old school trigonometry). The android would also note the angle left or right of vertical that the rocket when at apogee too so it could compare the actual location of apogee in 3D relative to the launch pad including the wind effects from #1 above.
3) Best of all, if OR did #1 and #2 above and then back-compared the analysis result to the actual result, it could make an improved estimate of the wind speeds, wind direction and Cd and then use these for the next flight.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME !
(just sayin')
-Kerry
Heck yeah! I would definitely run OR on my Samsung Galaxy
Old thread, but wanted to pipe in that OR on ICS works great in tablet format so far (HP Touchpad running ICS through CynogenMod). Looking forward to future developments.
FC
Old thread, but wanted to pipe in that OR on ICS works great in tablet format so far (HP Touchpad running ICS through CynogenMod). Looking forward to future developments.
FC
Hey Cargo!
Was there anything unique or troublesome about installing on your ICS tablet?
Installation:
- Go to Settings → Applications and check Unknown sources.
- Download OpenRocket-Android-12.03.apk on your device and accept installation.
This worked fine on my Motorola Bionic, but there doesn't seem to be any Settings => Applications => Unknown Sources on my ASUS Transformer Prime running ICS...
D'oh! I just remembered about our conversation. I have been REALLY busy with school for the past month. Things are starting to quiet down, at which point I will be able to test for you more regularly.Hi Fast Cargo. Thanks for the nice words. I worked pretty hard on the tablet version. I think the tablet is definitely the better platform just because the screen is much bigger.
My only goal for the next release is to allow new simulations to be executed. It's a pretty low bar but I think it will mark a significant improvement in usability.
Kevin
Jeff,
Spend a little time poking about the settings - look for something with "developer" or "untrusted applications". I'll fire up an ICS Tab at work tomorrow and see if I can find the magic combination.
Kevin
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