80.

70.0

60.0

50.0
Air Velocity

40.0
m/s
mph
30.0

20.0

10.0

0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Pitot tube head difference (mm)
 experimental results
0.8

f(x) = 0.000519168071361 x^2.13123955697269

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0

experimental Power (experimental)

 Velocity Calculation
Air density 1.24 kg/m3

Delta h Delta P Velocity Velocity Velocity Temp

mm Pa m/s km/h mph Celcius
1 9.81 4.0 14.3 8.9 18
3 29.43 6.9 24.8 15.5
7 68.67 10.5 37.9 23.7
15 147.15 15.4 55.4 34.6
21 206.01 18.2 65.6 41.0
29 284.49 21.4 77.1 48.2
39 382.59 24.8 89.4 55.9
49 480.69 27.8 100.2 62.6
57 559.17 30.0 108.1 67.5
Force data from wind tunnel
Velocity test 1 test 2 test 3 model
m/s N N N mean stdev fraction 3 sigma
4.0 0.01 0.01 0 0.006667 0.005774 0.866025 0.017321
6.9 0.05 0.03 0.06 0.046667 0.015275 0.327327 0.045826
10.5 0.11 0.12 0.09 0.106667 0.015275 0.143205 0.045826 0.12
15.4 0.15 0.17 0.18 0.166667 0.015275 0.091652 0.045826
18.2 0.25 0.21 0.23 0.23 0.02 0.086957 0.06
21.4 0.36 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.01 0.028571 0.03 0.5
24.8 0.48 0.44 0.45 0.456667 0.020817 0.045584 0.06245
27.8 0.6 0.57 0.58 0.583333 0.015275 0.026186 0.045826
30.0 0.73 0.72 0.72 0.723333 0.005774 0.007982 0.017321
Air Density calculation

Temperature Atmospheric Pressure air density

Kelvin mBar
291 1022 1.24

force
0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5

drag
0.4

0.3

Rod only 0.2

0.1

0
4.0 6.9 10.5 15.4 18.2 21.
0.02 velocity
0.02
0.03
0.06
0.07
0.08
 force

0.5 15.4 18.2 21.4 24.8 27.8 30.0

velocity