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If the nose is pointy, the rocket will go faster, but if the rocket's nose is flat, it will just travel slower in the lower atmosphere, the height a rocket attains depends on the efficiancy of its engines, the amount of propellant carried and the launch profile. However, for a subsonic rocket (which is what most hobby rockets are) then a curved on not a pointy one is much better. I would suggest looking it up on wikipedia.

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