1.1 antenna trick

[Benji13]

I have heard of and seen the trick where you put the communotron 16 on the nose of the mk2 cockpit to prevent overheating. I was wondering if this still works in 1.1.3 and if so, do you have the antenna extended during tee try or not? 

I don't really need to do this as I have KR&D to upgrade pods, but it still looks cool. 

Thanks,

Benji13

[Plusck]

Definitely seems to work. I build it extended then just leave it like that.

[fourfa]

I was just looking at this tonight - as far as thermal goes, it seems to work the same both extended and retracted.  Extended has slightly more drag, like 0.01-0.05 more out of total drag of like 100.

[Foxster]

Its not quite a "trick". There are real-world scenarios where this works.