Some of the advantages of a conical nozzle are its simple cone shape for design, and it contains no inflection as the propellants are expelled from the combustion chamber. This lack of inflection means that the nozzle is a straight line coming out of the throat to the exit. A conical nozzle is desired for solid and hybrid propellant types due to the lack of inflection. The disadvantage of a conical nozzle is the fact that there is a significantly more divergence loss at the exit.