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Originally Posted by Arragonis
Obviously completely barking mad.  |
In this design, gravity is perpendicular to the force executed on your model, and you'd need to compensate for the associated drag.
Tilt the set-up 90° so the test subject hangs vertically from a scale.
That way, you'll eliminate gravity as a disturbing factor and you'll measure both forces (gravity and drag) in a linear system with only one variable.
Far easier ...