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Design, test, and fly – only in flight will you find out if your computations are correct.
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read The American Rocketry Challenge (ARC) and SpaceCAD »
Model rocketry offers an exciting and educational experience for middle school students, blending principles of physics, engineering, and mathematics into hands-on learning.
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read Ensuring Model Rocket Stability »
SpaceCAD 7 is the new version of SpaceCAD and has a new visual rocket designer, updated element databases and selection dialogs. Works with Windows 10 and 11.
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read Hello, SpaceCAD 7 model rocket design software! »
This tutorial shows how you can add a multiple engine motor mount to your model rocket in SpaceCAD 7
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read Tutorial: Engine mount in SpaceCAD 7 »
Learn how the flight prediction works and the physics governing the flight of a model rocket.
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read Model rocket flight prediction »
This article describes why stability is so important for model rockets and what the center of gravity (CG) and center of pressure (CP) have to do with it.
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read Model Rocket Stability Prediction | CG, CP & Barrowman Method »
Losing a rocket to wind drift is something that you can avoid by choosing the right recovery system (parachute or streamer). This article shows how SpaceCAD can help.
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read How to never lose a rocket again to wind drift »
Since the beginning of launching rockets, people wanted to know how high their rocket flies. This article describes how to find out with SpaceCAD.
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read How to find out how high your model rocket flies »
Here are some examples how SpaceCAD can be used in an educational setting to teach the Principles of Rocketry to students.
Written by Andreas Firnau
Read Using SpaceCAD to teach Principles of Rocketry »