Nose cone desing

Hi guys! We are desinging our rocket. Our aim is to reach 3000 m. Now we are dealing with desinginin nose cone. do you guys have any suggest or trick for nose cone desing.

Make it pointy at the top end

I say let your nose cone sing. It has a wonderful voice. Don't try to de-sing it.

Look at Madcow or Wildman kits and that should give you a good start. Also what tune did the original sing?

FlyBy01 said:

Also what tune did the original sing?

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Space Oddity by David Bowie I imagine.

comment about the misspelling in the title.

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IIRC, magin is from Turkey.

I'd say mess around in OpenRocket or whatever your simulator is and do whatever catches your eye and gets the best result. Also, the body design and its size is what matters most to the altitude. Just use your simulation program to mess around with the best design is my suggestion.

Least expensive nose cone for Mach flights...I use a 2.5 liter Shasta soda bottle for my 4" minimum diameter cardboard tube fin rockets held together with only Elmer's School Glue. Epoxy and nose cones are over-rated

Good for at least Mach 1.56 flights on an L-1150 motor

dhbarr said:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Nose_cone_drag_comparison.png

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Any clues on how that graph is supposed to be interpreted? What is the Y axis? What do the numbers in the circles mean? What are the horizontal lines?

Grant_Edwards said:

Any clues on how that graph is supposed to be interpreted? What is the Y axis? What do the numbers in the circles mean? What are the horizontal lines?

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Ah, that graphic makes a bit more sense in context:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_cone_design#Influence_of_the_general_shape

Grant_Edwards said:

Any clues on how that graph is supposed to be interpreted? What is the Y axis? What do the numbers in the circles mean? What are the horizontal lines?

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you might want to read the source for that graph for even more insight: https://web.archive.org/web/2011041...p.br/~projetosulfos/artigos/NoseCone_EQN2.PDF

Magin said:

Hi guys! We are desinging our rocket. Our aim is to reach 3000 m. Now we are dealing with desinginin nose cone. do you guys have any suggest or trick for nose cone desing.

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Option 1: Don't design it, buy it instead.
https://wildmanrocketry.com/collections/noseconehttps://www.madcowrocketry.com/nose-cones/http://www.compositewarehouse.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=34
Option 2: If you do want to tinker before defaulting with Option 1, start here:
https://slideplayer.com/slide/4569055/
HTH,
a

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