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Aerospace Engineering
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1. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Sailplane
Elevator
Lift
Aerospace
2. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Wing Planform
Pitch
Airfoil
Dihedral
3. A powered - aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator - uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift - can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely - can be expendable or recoverable - and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.
Supersonic
Yaw
Maneuverability
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
4. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Script
Angle of Attack
Fuselage
Aerospace
5. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Fuselage
Roll
High hypersonic
6. Control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing extending outward from the fuselage to the midpoint of each wing. Flaps can increase the lifting efficiency of the wing and decrease stall speed.
High hypersonic
Flaps
Jingle
Vertical Axis...
7. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Controllability
Boundary Layer
Dihedral
Aerodynamics
8. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Trailing Edge
Longitudinal Axis...
Script
Flaps
9. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Trailing Edge
Maneuverability
Aileron
Airship
10. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Cockpit
Drag
Longitudinal Axis...
Hypersonic
11. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Keel Effect
Seaplane
Empennage
Airship
12. 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
Vertical Axis...
Maneuverability
Aeronautics
13. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Space Shuttle
Center of Gravity
Infomercial
Roll
14. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Fuselage
Roll
Aerodynamics
Longitudinal Axis...
15. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Center of Gravity
Aileron
Drones
16. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Aeronautics
Wing Planform
Reynolds Number
Rudder
17. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Launch
Airplane
Infomercial
Yaw
18. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Storyboard
Elevator
Fuselage
Reynolds Number
19. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Taper
Airfoil
Airplane
Powerplant
20. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Slogan
Leading Edge
Script
Airplane
21. To set or thrust in motion.
Center of Gravity
Launch
Controllability
Flaps
22. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Leading Edge
Airfoil
Hot Air Balloon
Horizontal Stabilizer
23. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Yaw
Glider
Storyboard
Thrust
24. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Longitudinal Axis...
Rocket
Elevator
Angle of Attack
25. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Aerospace
Aeronautics
Wash In/Wash Out
M
26. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Airfoil
Seaplane
Vertical Axis...
Wash In/Wash Out
27. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Glider
Jingle
Subsonic
Center of Gravity
28. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Keel Effect
Trailing Edge
Rocket
Supersonic
29. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Yaw
Supersonic
Aeronautics
Controllability
30. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Hypersonic
Launch
Drones
Pitch
31. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Aeronautics
Slogan
Boundary Layer
Empennage
32. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Dihedral
Maneuverability
Lift
Lateral Axis...
33. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Helicopter
Hypersonic
Airship
34. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Airship
Flaps
Yaw
Airfoil
35. Design machines that fly.
Boundary Layer
Subsonic
Keel Effect
Aerospace Engineer
36. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Maneuverability
Boundary Layer
Aileron
Static Stability
37. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Wing
Aeronautics
Aspect Ratio
Supersonic
38. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Flaps
Lateral Axis...
Longitudinal Axis...
Infomercial
39. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Wing
Lateral Axis...
Trailing Edge
Aerodynamics
40. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Cockpit
Lateral Axis...
Pitch
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.
Aerodynamics
Boundary Layer
Hot Air Balloon
Maneuverability
42. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Jingle
Flaps
High hypersonic
Infomercial
43. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
High hypersonic
Weight
Thrust
Helicopter
44. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Dynamic Stability
Aeronautics
Vertical Axis...
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
45. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Angle of Attack
Leading Edge
Script
Glider
46. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Hypersonic
Wing Planform
Helicopter
Airplane
47. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Maneuverability
Static Stability
Pitch
Seaplane
48. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Static Stability
Trailing Edge
Aerodynamics
Slogan
49. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Reynolds Number
Dynamic Stability
Seaplane
Aerospace
50. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Roll
Helicopter
Wash In/Wash Out