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Coffee Filter Drop
F-c3c
One coffee filter dropped from one meter and four coffee filters dropped from 2 meters hit the ground at the same time, demonstrating that the drag force is proportional to the square of the velocity


Fishbane Chapter:   5.3
HRW 9th:   6.04
Reese Chapter:   5.914
RHK 5th:   4.4
SJ 3rd Chapter:   5.4
PIRA DCS classification:   2C30.66

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University