Overview
The nose cone tip is an important feature of the rocket because of the high temperatures that the rocket
experiences at Mach 3. First, we started by making a plastic proof-of-concept tip (machined by Dayna
Erdmann, pictures below) in preparation for the final nose cone tip, which will be made of titanium, which can
withstand the temperatures reached at the high speeds we are expecting. The structural and thermal considerations
used to dimension the nose cone tip are included in the next section.