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Aerospace Engineering
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1. 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.
Hypersonic
Flaps
Taper
Elevator
2. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Aeronautics
Hypersonic
Dihedral
3. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Dihedral
Center of Gravity
Airship
Space Shuttle
4. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Vertical Axis...
Glider
Aeronautics
Lapse Rate
5. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Empennage
Drag
High hypersonic
Maneuverability
6. Design machines that fly.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aerospace Engineer
Aileron
Taper
7. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Maneuverability
Aspect Ratio
Wing Planform
Elevator
8. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Wing
Helicopter
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Flaps
9. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Elevator
High hypersonic
Sailplane
Drones
10. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Lateral Axis...
High hypersonic
Storyboard
Wing Span
11. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Aileron
Stability
Slogan
Hot Air Balloon
12. 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
Empennage
Weight
Leading Edge
13. 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.
Glider
Elevator
Horizontal Stabilizer
Empennage
14. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Wing
Script
Lapse Rate
Infomercial
15. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Hot Air Balloon
Yaw
Roll
Dihedral
16. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Airfoil
Lift
Supersonic
Aspect Ratio
17. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Pitch
Launch
Lateral Axis...
Aerospace Engineer
18. Aircraft stability is the characteristic of an airplane in flight that causes it to return to a condition of equilibrium - or steady flight - after it is disturbed.
Dynamic Stability
Supersonic
Dihedral
Stability
19. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Launch
Weight
Aileron
Script
20. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Wing Span
Jingle
Hypersonic
Seaplane
21. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Dynamic Stability
Supersonic
Slogan
22. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Glider
Wing
Launch
Aeronautics
23. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Airplane
Trailing Edge
Space Shuttle
M
24. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Script
Trailing Edge
Lift
Dihedral
25. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Dihedral
Airplane
Trailing Edge
Airfoil
26. To set or thrust in motion.
Lift
Hypersonic
Launch
Aerospace Engineer
27. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Fuselage
High hypersonic
Stability
Dihedral
28. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Keel Effect
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Script
Maneuverability
29. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Rocket
Slogan
Roll
Infomercial
30. 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.
Wash In/Wash Out
Aerospace Engineer
Supersonic
Lift
31. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Script
Sailplane
Wing
Yaw
32. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Boundary Layer
Taper
Angle of Attack
Aspect Ratio
33. 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.
Yaw
Hypersonic
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Stall
34. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Infomercial
Thrust
Boundary Layer
Leading Edge
35. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
Airfoil
Thrust
Static Stability
36. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Stability
Taper
Reynolds Number
37. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Aeronautics
Rocket
Aileron
Pitch
38. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Lapse Rate
Hypersonic
Pitch
Wing
39. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Controllability
Rudder
Cockpit
Infomercial
40. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Taper
Drones
Space Shuttle
41. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Boundary Layer
Static Stability
Airplane
Pitch
42. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Trailing Edge
Storyboard
Weight
43. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Center of Gravity
Glider
Supersonic
Wing Span
44. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Flaps
Rocket
Aerospace Engineer
Drag
45. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Rocket
Launch
Aeronautics
46. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Yaw
Dynamic Stability
Airship
47. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Hot Air Balloon
Wing
Maneuverability
Roll
48. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Launch
Horizontal Stabilizer
M
Hot Air Balloon
49. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Powerplant
Hot Air Balloon
Wing Planform
Thrust
50. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Infomercial
Empennage
Sailplane
Weight