Protective Rocket Nose Cone Mk7

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Protective Rocket Nose Cone Mk7
Part image
Nose cone by
Goliath National Products

Radial size Large
Cost (total) 450.00 Funds
Mass (total) 0.200 t
Drag 0.1
Max. Temp. 2400 K
Impact Tolerance 10 m/s
Research Advanced construction.png Advanced Construction
Unlock cost 6 500 Funds
Since version 0.18
Part configuration protectiveRocketNoseMk7.cfg

The Protective Rocket Nose Cone Mk7 is a size 2 cap that fits in the front of a rocket.

Product description

A large nose cone for covering up exposed areas of big rockets.

Goliath National Products

Usage

This nose cone can be used to minimise the drag of a 2.5m stack when facing directly prograde, potentially making rockets more stable and improving fuel efficiency.

Variants

As of version 1.6, this nose cone has three textures that can be switched in the editor.

White variant
Gray variant
Orange variant
The different variants of the nose cone
Texture prior to 1.6

Trivia

  • Historically, before the major aerodynamics change in 1.0, this part was primarily of aesthetic value (although the reduced drag coefficient for nose cones in 0.22 did make it possible for them to provide some improved stability, at the cost of increased total drag). After 1.0, the drag model has made them useful or even essential.

Changes

1.8
  • New model/texture for orange variant
1.6
  • New model and texture
  • Added 3 variants
0.22
  • Improves stability of craft while in atmosphere
0.18
  • Initial Release