The purpose of this experiment was to find the nose cone shape that creates the least amount of drag. To perform the experiment, a wind tunnel was built and three nose cone shapes were collected and adjusted to have equal weight. The nose cone was hung from the top of the wind tunnel next to a piece of cardboard with lines spaced one centimeter apart. When the fan was turned on, the nose was pushed back by the wind created by the fan. The amount of drag was measured by how far back the cone was blown in centimeters.
After completing the experiment, it was found that the pointed nose caused the least amount of drag. It was only blown back an average of 1.3 centimeters. The rounded nose cone shape was blown an average of 1.9 centimeters. The non-streamlined shape had the most amount of drag because it was blown back an average of 3.1 centimeters.
