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Airfoil Lift and Angle of Attack

Mount a model wing in an airstream and measure how lift changes with the angle of the wing.

Grade 10ExperimentBuildScience OlympiadScienceEngineeringPhysicsEngineeringData AnalysisIntermediate1 to 1.7 hr7 materialsAdult supervision required

What you'll learn

  • Define lift, drag and angle of attack
  • Use a scale to measure lift in grams or newtons
  • Explain stall

Objective

Measure the lift on a model wing at several angles of attack and find the angle where the lift is largest.

STEM concepts

LiftAngle of attackStallAerodynamics
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