We designed and built a wing model with the capability of measuring static pressure along the wing surface, displayed on a multi-tube manometer. The model enables pressure measurements at the wing root, mid-span, and wing tip, as well as a comparison of different wingtip configurations. The pressure measurements were also converted into the corresponding lift force on the wing and compared with the measured force and the analytically calculated force. We presented the linear part of the lift curve obtained by all three methods and identified discrepancies among them. The distribution of pressure coefficients along the wing surface was compared with a similar model found in the literature.
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