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I wasn't sure where to put this, but I assume other's, still on the lower slopes of the learning curve, might have these same questions.
After seeing what Neil_W, and others, can do, with Open Rocket, it is obvious that a lot more can be done than I am currently capable of.
My most pressing ignorance is in shaping fins. I'd like to be able to make more curvaceous fins.
I just figured out that you can add more points in FreeForm, but I don't see a way of turning it into a flowing curve. Fairing would be the term in boat design.
The second thing I might like to do is add motors to the outside of the body tube, with nose cones on them. In effect, clustered body tubes.
Then, I'd want to be able to rotate them, or the fins, so that they aren't in line or on top of each other.
If you guys can explain how to do these things, it would be a great help.
Sometimes, in my enthusiasm and eagerness to learn, I get a little carried away. I've been accused, by one of this forum's members, of hijacking another's thread.
I think hijack is too strong a term, but maybe I did insert myself too aggressively. For that, I apologize. I'll try and do better.
After seeing what Neil_W, and others, can do, with Open Rocket, it is obvious that a lot more can be done than I am currently capable of.
My most pressing ignorance is in shaping fins. I'd like to be able to make more curvaceous fins.
I just figured out that you can add more points in FreeForm, but I don't see a way of turning it into a flowing curve. Fairing would be the term in boat design.
The second thing I might like to do is add motors to the outside of the body tube, with nose cones on them. In effect, clustered body tubes.
Then, I'd want to be able to rotate them, or the fins, so that they aren't in line or on top of each other.
If you guys can explain how to do these things, it would be a great help.
Sometimes, in my enthusiasm and eagerness to learn, I get a little carried away. I've been accused, by one of this forum's members, of hijacking another's thread.
I think hijack is too strong a term, but maybe I did insert myself too aggressively. For that, I apologize. I'll try and do better.