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Aerospace Engineering
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1. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Angle of Attack
Space Shuttle
Drones
2. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Lateral Axis...
Thrust
Cockpit
M
3. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Rocket
Horizontal Stabilizer
Airplane
Elevator
4. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Weight
Lapse Rate
Cockpit
Elevator
5. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Aerodynamics
Dihedral
Subsonic
Thrust
6. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Hypersonic
Aerodynamics
Airfoil
Rocket
7. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Slogan
Rocket
Aerodynamics
Rudder
8. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Empennage
Rocket
Lapse Rate
Vertical Axis...
9. Design machines that fly.
Powerplant
Aerospace Engineer
Sailplane
Launch
10. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Weight
Dynamic Stability
Rudder
Aileron
11. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Rudder
Wing Span
Slogan
Roll
12. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Aerodynamics
Script
Rocket
Aeronautics
13. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Sailplane
Airship
Launch
Flaps
14. A built in twist in the wing so that the trailing edge at the wingtip is raised (Wash out) or lowered (Wash in). This significantly affects the slow flight and stall characteristics of the wing.
Seaplane
Jingle
Launch
Wash In/Wash Out
15. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Space Shuttle
Flaps
Lateral Axis...
Roll
16. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Keel Effect
Dynamic Stability
Subsonic
Slogan
17. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Cockpit
Center of Gravity
Dynamic Stability
Reynolds Number
18. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Airplane
Drones
Seaplane
Pitch
19. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Wing
Leading Edge
Space Shuttle
Aeronautics
20. A structure that creates up and down forces at the tail to keep the fuselage aligned in pitch with the relative wind. The structure itself is horizontal while the forces it creates are vertical.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Sailplane
Wing Planform
Space Shuttle
21. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Cockpit
Space Shuttle
Helicopter
Reynolds Number
22. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Slogan
Angle of Attack
Seaplane
M
23. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Fuselage
Dynamic Stability
Seaplane
Drag
24. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Airplane
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Trailing Edge
Drones
25. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Jingle
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Powerplant
Longitudinal Axis...
26. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Aerospace Engineer
Empennage
Wash In/Wash Out
Script
27. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Reynolds Number
Wash In/Wash Out
Infomercial
Roll
28. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Wing Planform
Trailing Edge
Lapse Rate
Stall
29. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Keel Effect
Wing
Infomercial
Airship
30. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Maneuverability
Helicopter
Stall
Dihedral
31. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Helicopter
Hypersonic
Sailplane
Aileron
32. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Subsonic
Aeronautics
Aerodynamics
M
33. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Center of Gravity
Slogan
Jingle
34. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Space Shuttle
Storyboard
Keel Effect
35. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Maneuverability
Drones
Supersonic
Stability
36. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Wing
Storyboard
Fuselage
Yaw
37. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Hot Air Balloon
Fuselage
Longitudinal Axis...
Weight
38. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Elevator
Aerospace
Aerospace Engineer
Thrust
39. To set or thrust in motion.
Lateral Axis...
Vertical Axis...
Dynamic Stability
Launch
40. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Sailplane
Wing Planform
Fuselage
Subsonic
41. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Boundary Layer
Stability
Helicopter
Stall
42. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Maneuverability
Subsonic
Wing Span
43. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Wing Planform
Hypersonic
Controllability
Longitudinal Axis...
44. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
High hypersonic
Leading Edge
Powerplant
Keel Effect
45. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
High hypersonic
Cockpit
Maneuverability
Boundary Layer
46. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Cockpit
Wash In/Wash Out
Powerplant
Glider
47. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Drag
Wing Span
Supersonic
48. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Roll
Angle of Attack
Aeronautics
Taper
49. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Slogan
Aeronautics
Airship
Airplane
50. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Aeronautics
Aerodynamics
Lapse Rate
Slogan