AeroVECTOR Aircraft Design & Engineering

Model Rocket Simulator oriented to the design and tuning of active control systems, be them in the form of TVC, Active Fin Control or just parachute deployment algorithms on passively stable rockets. It is able to simulate non-linear actuator dynamics and has some limited Software in the Loop capabilities. The program computes all the subsonic aerodynamic parameters of interest and integrates the 3DOF Equations of Motion to simulate the complete flight.

What AeroVECTOR does

Model Rocket Simulator oriented to the design and tuning of active control systems, be them in the form of TVC, Active Fin Control or just parachute deployment algorithms on passively stable rockets. It is able to simulate non-linear actuator dynamics and has some limited Software in the Loop capabilities. The program computes all the subsonic aerodynamic parameters of interest and integrates the 3DOF Equations of Motion to simulate the complete flight. It is a free, open-source project hosted at GuidodiPasquo/AeroVECTOR and released under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Download and install

1. Get the files. Use Download releases above if the maintainers publish binaries, otherwise grab the source ZIP or git clone https://github.com/GuidodiPasquo/AeroVECTOR.git.
2. Read the README. Build and runtime requirements differ per platform — the repo README is the authoritative guide.
3. Check the licence. GPL-3.0 terms apply to redistribution and commercial use.
4. Join the community. Issues, discussions and pull requests live in the repository — that is where bugs get fixed.

Project snapshot

• RepositoryGuidodiPasquo/AeroVECTOR
• Stars188
• Forks20
• LanguagePython
• LicenceGPL-3.0
• Last update2023-07-12
• Topics3dof-equationsactive-fin-controlactuator-dynamicsaerodynamicscontrol-finsmodel-rocket-simulator

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