Has anyone had issues with Rocksim saving Texture settings? I've used the feature for the first time on my Falcon Rocket Racer and it doesn't seem to save all the settings.

I selected "Rotate around R-axis" for the Body Tube and V-Tail fins but it doesn't seem to save this setting correctly. Just curious if it is something I'm doing or a known "bug" with Rocksim. I am running the latest version of Rocksim.

Thanks,

... Bill

Yes. It's an annoying bug that I've been seeing since Version 7.

I'm not holding my breath about it being cleared up in V9, either. But maybe TVM has at least seen it and has his programming team working on it. One can hope...

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There's no telling how rocketeers will inspire each other.

A year ago, our own James "JP" Pierson sent me a box wrapped in silver tape that contained a whole bunch of model rocketry supplies, including Estes body tubes, various bits of balsa, and... half a dozen... *ping pong balls.*

"--Shades of Shrox, Rocketman!"


And a couple of years ago, Jim commented about my SEMROC "Tau Zero" design: "I really think some ping pong balls are called for as well, two at least."


Here ya go, Jim. What went around is coming back around.


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--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

Those fins seem to be a tad familiar, too...

Good Dv numbers, and over 880' on a "C". Nice!

Premonition is now the 510th design in the official list.

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I was in such a hurry to upload the "Premonition" stuff last night I "forgot to remember" (as one of my girls said when she was littler) that the fins needed to be divided into the "main" fins and "trailing" fins.

So here's the slightly revised version. Oddly enough, that change slightly decreased the original altitudes.

At any rate, here's the update.

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“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

'Cause *you've* used 'em, or because *I've* used 'em?

*Wait.* This is that whole "using shapes that everybody knows" scenario, *isn't* it?


Cheers,

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“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

I'd stick with the one-piece fin for calculations. Building them from two or three pieces and then (as we do) covering them with label sheet, takes away the differences. Add this to the growing list of RockSim inconsistencies...

Go with the one-piece fin in the simulation...

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Here we have a West Coast Cruiser design with the Space Cruiser Pacifica. Please notice the
crew and passenger areas are far forward of the engine areas in the event of an power emergency . My main concern with this particular design is the elongated nose cone at ejection. This elongated nose cone may make the "Estes Dent" problem a minor one if it contacts the BT at ejection. Two seperate chutes may be the answer if a problem occurs.

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Enjoy and Merry Christmas to ALL, JP.

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Space Cruiser Pacifica (18mm)
Launch guide length: 36.0000 In

MOTOR.................MAX. ALTITUDE...........DEP. VELOCITY
B4-4..................276.56562 Ft.............20.5857 ft/s
B6-4..................284.87008 Ft.............15.9957 ft/s
C6-5..................699.65223 Ft..............8.1510 ft/s
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This next design, Sky Fury, has an interesting sci-fi look to it. My goal lately has been to
design in Rocksim using all "off the Semroc Shelf" parts for ease of building. I always try
to keep the builder in mind when designing and try to steer away from the unavailable custom parts.
This design should be a fun build for most any skill level.

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James Pierson
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Sky Fury (18mm)
Launch guide length: 36.0000 In

MOTOR.................MAX. ALTITUDE...........DEP. VELOCITY
A8-3..................161.19948 Ft.............12.6068 ft/s
B4-4..................390.18373 Ft..............5.8627 ft/s
B6-4..................396.78806 Ft..............1.6623 ft/s
C6-5..................847.06693 Ft..............5.9052 ft/s
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