Aerodynamics real in KSP?

[Exclipse]

So I have been doing some tests and messing around a good bit.

However I have not been able to figure this out.

Are there any aerodynamics on parts other than wing pieces?

I am wondering because currently it seems pointless to add aerodynamic nose cones and the like to any of my rockets. It is just adding useless extra weight for the sake of making things look good.

So take a standard rocket with a single stack and single engine. Is it beneficial to put a nose cone on top? Or is it just dead weight?

[vexx32]

Dead weight & actually adds drag. As it is, aerodynamics is so broken that it's easier to fly a pancake-ship than the more aerodynamic "rocket"-shaped craft.

[Exclipse]

Poop,

I was very afraid this was the case. I really started to look into this after designing my latest 10T lifter, and built it 2 stacks high and 5 in diameter. Works beautifully.

Well perhaps in the U-verse that this game is set in aerodynamics work in different ways...

[cardgame]

Only for the nonce. Eventually we'll get a real system.