noah_carter13
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Howdy, my name is Noah Carter and I am the Airframe Manager for the Brazoswood High School Goddard Rocketry Team based in Texas. We are designing a rocket that will pass through Mach 1, 2, and possibly hit 3. I was wondering about nose cone shapes because I hear that conical work well for rockets reaching those speeds but have also read that a Von Kamren or parabolic are better? I use the programs RocksimPro and RASAero II, in RocksimPro, and conical nose cone seems to work better, but in RASAero II, a parabolic or Von Karman nose cone works way better (the difference between the two programs is 20,000-30,000 ft). Which one is actually better? Thank you so much for y'all's time.