RASAero Example Output

 

Presented below is example output from the RASAero software for an O10000 powered high power rocket which was optically tracked to 37981 ft.

Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3, powered by O10000 rocket motor,
optically tracked to 37981 ft.

 

 

 

RASAero scale rocket drawing for the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket.

 

 

 

RASAero aerodynamic data plot for the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket;
power-on and power-off drag coefficient (CD) versus Mach number.

 

 

 

RASAero aerodynamic data plot for the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket;
power-on and power-off drag coefficient (CD) versus Mach number,
plot zoomed in to Mach 0-3.

 

 

 

RASAero aerodynamic data plot for the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket;
center of pressure (CP) versus Mach number.

 

 

 

RASAero aerodynamic data plot for the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket;
power-off drag coefficient (CD) versus angle of attack.

 

 

 

RASAero aerodynamic data plot for the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket;
normal force coefficient (CN) versus angle of attack at Mach 0.5 using
Rogers Modified Barrowman Method, showing potential and viscous
normal force contributions.

 

 

 

RASAero flight simulation output for the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket;
altitude versus time.

 

 

 

RASAero flight simulation output for the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket;
Mach number versus time.

 

 

For the Full Metal Jacket - Flight 3 rocket the RASAero flight simulation predicted altitude is 38820 ft, an error of only 2.21% compared to the optically tracked altitude of 37981 ft.