Radial taper of fins in Open Rocket?

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The next sim I want to put together involves the Estes 009752 - Pro Series II™ E2X® Booster. The fins are tapered radially, considerably thicker at the root and quite thin at the tips. Is there a way to represent that in OR that I didn't see when I was crawling around the fin dialogue?
 
The next sim I want to put together involves the Estes 009752 - Pro Series II™ E2X® Booster. The fins are tapered radially, considerably thicker at the root and quite thin at the tips. Is there a way to represent that in OR that I didn't see when I was crawling around the fin dialogue?
There is no mechanic for a tapered fin other than on the leading and trailing edge, I have had some experience approximating the taper by using an average thickness (the sims on the rockets in question were all within 7-10% of the actual flights), I am not saying it is a proper workaround but in my limited experience it was pretty close.
 

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