"So You Want to Be a Rocketeer: Stability"
By Jim Clark, 2014 May 14

This video is for teaching model rocketeers about the basics of stability, and how to design rockets to be stable.

The rocket computer-aided design programs I mentioned can be found online:

RockSim: http://www.apogeerockets.com/RockSim/...
OpenRocket: http://openrocket.sourceforge.net/
SpaceCAD: http://www.spacecad.com/

For more information on the "So You Want to Be a Rocketeer" series, check out "So You Want to Be a Rocketeer: Design and Construction" (   • So You Want to Be a Rocketeer: Design...  ), which is the main video in the series. Also, check out the National Association of Rocketry (http://nar.org/) and the Team America Rocketry Challenge (http://rocketcontest.org/) for information on rocket clubs and contests.

Credits and Thanks:

Creator, Actor, Voice: Jim Clark

Course instructors: Graham Ramsay and Dave Custer

Technical advice from Aaron Clark, Youssef Marzouk, and Bill Litant