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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Stall
Hypersonic
Subsonic
Launch
2. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Taper
Lift
Airplane
Airship
3. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Script
High hypersonic
Wing
Drag
4. 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.
Slogan
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Helicopter
Flaps
5. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Drag
Powerplant
Empennage
6. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Keel Effect
Jingle
Space Shuttle
Longitudinal Axis...
7. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Storyboard
Elevator
Empennage
Aerodynamics
8. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Space Shuttle
M
Empennage
Wash In/Wash Out
9. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Glider
Dihedral
Aileron
Maneuverability
10. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Wing Planform
Wing Span
Elevator
Airship
11. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Elevator
Supersonic
Wing
Weight
12. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aeronautics
Keel Effect
Airfoil
13. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Static Stability
Hypersonic
Helicopter
Hot Air Balloon
14. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Rudder
Reynolds Number
M
Hypersonic
15. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Trailing Edge
Drones
Stability
Static Stability
16. 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
Hot Air Balloon
Sailplane
Wing Span
17. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Wing Span
Seaplane
Aerospace
Helicopter
18. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Launch
Roll
Drag
19. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Reynolds Number
Drag
Hypersonic
Pitch
20. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Seaplane
Wing
Angle of Attack
Fuselage
21. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Supersonic
Taper
Subsonic
22. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Infomercial
Wing
Empennage
Jingle
23. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Static Stability
Angle of Attack
M
Rocket
24. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Jingle
Center of Gravity
Aeronautics
Powerplant
25. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Aerodynamics
Angle of Attack
Stall
M
26. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Pitch
Wing
Aeronautics
Boundary Layer
27. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Launch
Stability
Angle of Attack
Infomercial
28. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
Helicopter
Cockpit
Wash In/Wash Out
29. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Taper
Lateral Axis...
Roll
Yaw
30. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Elevator
Stability
Pitch
Thrust
31. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Boundary Layer
Airplane
Controllability
Taper
32. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Thrust
Empennage
Airfoil
33. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Cockpit
Aeronautics
Sailplane
High hypersonic
34. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Angle of Attack
Glider
Controllability
Supersonic
35. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Glider
Fuselage
Drag
Airplane
36. Design machines that fly.
Rocket
Aerospace Engineer
Elevator
Rudder
37. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Fuselage
Aerodynamics
Slogan
Rocket
38. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Aspect Ratio
Hot Air Balloon
Vertical Axis...
Flaps
39. 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.
Center of Gravity
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Weight
Subsonic
40. To set or thrust in motion.
Airplane
Launch
Aileron
Leading Edge
41. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Taper
Boundary Layer
Aerospace
Aileron
42. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Lateral Axis...
Storyboard
High hypersonic
Wing Span
43. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Boundary Layer
Hot Air Balloon
Script
Hypersonic
44. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Sailplane
Storyboard
Hypersonic
Helicopter
45. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Hot Air Balloon
Maneuverability
Space Shuttle
Yaw
46. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Reynolds Number
Powerplant
Stability
Rudder
47. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Rudder
Controllability
Aeronautics
Airplane
48. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Controllability
Lapse Rate
Longitudinal Axis...
Hot Air Balloon
49. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Dynamic Stability
Glider
Aeronautics
50. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Airplane
Supersonic
Helicopter
Empennage