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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Trailing Edge
Flaps
Yaw
M
2. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Roll
Launch
Space Shuttle
Boundary Layer
3. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Dynamic Stability
Hot Air Balloon
Aileron
4. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Launch
M
Hot Air Balloon
Keel Effect
5. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Leading Edge
Jingle
Thrust
Wing Planform
6. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Lateral Axis...
Vertical Axis...
High hypersonic
Rocket
7. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Cockpit
Airfoil
Supersonic
8. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
Fuselage
Launch
Helicopter
9. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Lateral Axis...
Infomercial
Space Shuttle
Hot Air Balloon
10. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Weight
Aspect Ratio
Trailing Edge
Rudder
11. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Airfoil
Fuselage
Infomercial
Airplane
12. To set or thrust in motion.
Wing Span
Static Stability
Launch
Yaw
13. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Aerodynamics
Aeronautics
Lift
Taper
14. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Lapse Rate
Stall
Fuselage
Supersonic
15. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Helicopter
Hot Air Balloon
Airplane
Space Shuttle
16. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Script
Pitch
Taper
Stall
17. 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
Airplane
Rocket
Roll
18. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Jingle
Fuselage
Hot Air Balloon
Slogan
19. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Aileron
Weight
Trailing Edge
Fuselage
20. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Roll
Infomercial
21. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Dynamic Stability
Aeronautics
Dihedral
Angle of Attack
22. Design machines that fly.
Aerospace Engineer
Space Shuttle
Script
Glider
23. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Dihedral
Aerodynamics
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Leading Edge
24. 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.
Aerodynamics
Dihedral
Longitudinal Axis...
Wash In/Wash Out
25. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Aerospace Engineer
Airplane
Space Shuttle
Hot Air Balloon
26. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Stability
Aeronautics
Center of Gravity
Taper
27. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Yaw
Static Stability
Drones
Storyboard
28. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Fuselage
Dynamic Stability
Infomercial
29. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Taper
Aerospace
Longitudinal Axis...
Dihedral
30. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Stability
Yaw
Controllability
31. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Aspect Ratio
Storyboard
Controllability
Lapse Rate
32. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
M
Subsonic
Dynamic Stability
Longitudinal Axis...
33. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Taper
Rudder
Aerodynamics
Lapse Rate
34. 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.
Stability
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aerospace
Dihedral
35. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Stall
Boundary Layer
Wing Span
Rudder
36. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Boundary Layer
Lapse Rate
Storyboard
Wing
37. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Center of Gravity
Flaps
Lapse Rate
Aerospace Engineer
38. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Stall
Roll
Reynolds Number
39. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Weight
Aerospace
Jingle
Lapse Rate
40. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Reynolds Number
Hot Air Balloon
Cockpit
41. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Drones
Aspect Ratio
Fuselage
Script
42. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Aspect Ratio
Dynamic Stability
Leading Edge
Empennage
43. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Rudder
Lift
Horizontal Stabilizer
Angle of Attack
44. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Flaps
Helicopter
Controllability
Seaplane
45. 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.
Wing
Leading Edge
Rocket
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
46. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Sailplane
Seaplane
Keel Effect
Airfoil
47. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Jingle
Infomercial
Aeronautics
Glider
48. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Aspect Ratio
Hypersonic
Subsonic
Cockpit
49. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Hot Air Balloon
Horizontal Stabilizer
Stall
Lift
50. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Hypersonic
Jingle
Aspect Ratio
Drones