NB: this thread is heavily based on @Yakuzi's excellent thread describing drag of different cones in KSP 1.0.4. This is an unofficial continuation for 1.2, aiming to give an estimate of the changes for the release (it should come soon as I write this, so build 1553 should not be too far from 1.2.0 aerodynamic-wise).   For each different category, I built a simple launcher keeping the same structure on each test. The parts that change on each tests are the nose cones, set at different