Creating the nose cone
The nose cone sits on top of the rocket and has a shape that reduces the aerodynamic drag on the rocket as it goes up. It attaches to the rocket through a shock cord and is jettisoned from the rocket when the ejection charge of the rocket motor is fired. A parachute attached to the shock cord brings the rocket down safely.
We will build the nose cone in two parts – the shoulder and the cone. Then we will print the nose cone. Let's start by building the shoulder.
Designing the nose cone
In the Printing out and using the measurement tool section, we measured an accurate internal diameter of the paper tube. We will use this value to create the shoulder part of the nose cone. We will also use the measured outside diameter taken in the Getting an accurate outside diameter measurement section.
The variables we will use to create the nose cone are the following:
diameter_in– This is the internal diameter of the paper tube and...
