Sharing my own design:
Vesc configured at max 28 battery amp
I could fly, barely. (I weight 95kg)
Next step, I will be testing some RC plane propellers to try improving efficiency.
What motor? I doubt that spanmaxing prop is suitable even though its a efficient prop at the application he tested. The guard also kills power. Take it off and see if that helps.
I am using a 6384 motor. I wanted to keep the prop guard for safety.
I will test a more traditional prop, thanks for the tip!
fair!
At low speed I think it is not that impactful. The frontal cross section is very similar to the one of the motor.
Hard to test the difference compared to the motor pod alone. Would be interesting to run the numbers on drag differences between a long pod and a short one.
Maybe a better an engineer than me 
@gioclava
Since nobody replied, and I run all the problems here through ChatGpt to improve my knowledge, the answer to the drag issue on the shape of your nose cone is basically “not much”, especially as you are using it as an assist.
I think it looks good, and I’m happy you are enjoying it.
Prwtty easy to test actually. If you have a flowing river, take a fishing scale and attach a rope to the board with different variations on the board and measure the drag. That way you can get and indicator on what the difference is.
