How Can You Determine the Shape Factor for Falling Paper Cake Cases?

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When a paper cake case falls right way up through the air it quickly reaches terminal velocity. The drag force ,D, acting on the paper cupcake case is given by D=fpAv2(v is squared)
Where p is the density of air which is 1.2 kgm-3
v is the terminal velocity
A is the cross sectional area of the base of the cake case
f is a number having no units called the shape factor

Hi can you help me please. I need to design an experiment to determine the shape factor for empty paper cake cases when they fall
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