Henry Spencer wrote: > People who really care about aerodynamic performance seem to generally > prefer ogives, in fact. You see cones on a lot of launchers because they > are easier to build and it just doesn't matter that much to something that > will be out of the atmosphere quickly anyway.
Haven't read the whole thread... but according to several sources a Von Karman ogive (for example) has less drag in the transsonic area than a cone and more volume to store antennas and such things. This changes a bit if you go supersonic. Bruno -- Bruno Berger Swiss Propulsion Laboratory E-Mail: bruno.berger<at>spl.ch WWW: http://www.spl.ch _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
