Alright no one be mad.
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This is where the nose ended up.
Lol. Not my rocket. Obviously.
I decided it would be near impossible to protect the egg with a stiff nose like that. So we used a paper cone nose, very precise, I measured it and cut it out perfectly, and this actually had the same amount of drag as the elliptical nose according to CFD modeling.
Anyways our rocket did well. Did not crush, but did well. My idea was limit drag, so I went with tiny wings, no more than a 2.5x1” half-elliptical shape. And I had multiple people tell me repeatedly that my wings were too small. Funny. Cause their wings were ugly as hell and waaaaay too big. Mine were as close to perfect as possible for a 1st trial. There was some slight wobble on the way up because of how tiny they were (come nose wasn’t centered perfectly), but the wings were effective enough and we got a really good acceleration due to the efficient design and lightweight build.
Good news. One team didnt launch so I will rebuild, with a new cone design and slightly larger, printed wings this time, as they will launch Monday giving me time to do so.
Hopefully I can crush them this time