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svenhöek

More suggestive shapes... (... from Rocket Science!)

http://www.apogeerockets.com/education/downloads/Newsletter346.pdf

It seem like you can lose ½ gram of drag by using a 1:6 ellipse shape: 0.07watts! :)

or that any pointy shape basically works...

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gbj_tester in reply to @svenhöek

What speed range? Rocket nose cones have to deal with the trans-sonic region, not many cyclists do. The ellipse is easy to design, but not actually that great compared with other options of the same length. Haack is where it's at :-)

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