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Aerospace Engineering
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1. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Stability
Lateral Axis...
Script
Jingle
2. 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.
Yaw
Stability
Slogan
Vertical Axis...
3. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Fuselage
Airship
Center of Gravity
Hypersonic
4. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Elevator
Leading Edge
Stall
Static Stability
5. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Taper
Aerospace Engineer
Center of Gravity
Static Stability
6. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Fuselage
Taper
Aerospace
High hypersonic
7. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Controllability
Maneuverability
Dihedral
Keel Effect
8. 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
Jingle
Aerospace Engineer
Rudder
9. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Taper
Vertical Axis...
Supersonic
Infomercial
10. To set or thrust in motion.
Jingle
Launch
Aeronautics
Weight
11. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Vertical Axis...
Aerodynamics
Stall
Slogan
12. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Lateral Axis...
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Drag
Flaps
13. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Storyboard
Leading Edge
Keel Effect
Yaw
14. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Controllability
Subsonic
Supersonic
Elevator
15. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Subsonic
Storyboard
Aspect Ratio
Empennage
16. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Maneuverability
Trailing Edge
Aerospace
Space Shuttle
17. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Aeronautics
Longitudinal Axis...
Taper
Wing Planform
18. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Wing Span
Glider
Rudder
Stability
19. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Leading Edge
Cockpit
Fuselage
Static Stability
20. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Subsonic
Weight
Pitch
Airfoil
21. 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.
Wing Span
Wash In/Wash Out
Static Stability
Flaps
22. Design machines that fly.
Aerospace Engineer
Roll
Controllability
Reynolds Number
23. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Lift
Wash In/Wash Out
Wing Planform
Leading Edge
24. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Hypersonic
Thrust
Controllability
High hypersonic
25. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Aileron
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Drones
Storyboard
26. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Cockpit
Horizontal Stabilizer
Hot Air Balloon
Airplane
27. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Static Stability
Airship
Script
Wing Span
28. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Maneuverability
Sailplane
Hot Air Balloon
Vertical Axis...
29. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Yaw
M
Keel Effect
Lateral Axis...
30. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Powerplant
Aileron
Script
31. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Rocket
Seaplane
Airfoil
Helicopter
32. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Leading Edge
Aerospace
Maneuverability
Storyboard
33. 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.
Airship
Aerodynamics
Wash In/Wash Out
Longitudinal Axis...
34. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Space Shuttle
Wash In/Wash Out
Dynamic Stability
Aerospace Engineer
35. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Storyboard
Yaw
Drag
Roll
36. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Wing
Hypersonic
Trailing Edge
Infomercial
37. 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 Span
Aerodynamics
Wing
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
38. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Aerodynamics
Horizontal Stabilizer
Wash In/Wash Out
39. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Stall
Hypersonic
Powerplant
Wing Span
40. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Drag
Wash In/Wash Out
Helicopter
Infomercial
41. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Hypersonic
Leading Edge
Jingle
Aerodynamics
42. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Rocket
Jingle
Hot Air Balloon
Empennage
43. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Wing
Aeronautics
Launch
Longitudinal Axis...
44. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Dynamic Stability
Static Stability
Storyboard
Aspect Ratio
45. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Vertical Axis...
Dihedral
Space Shuttle
Center of Gravity
46. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Aerospace Engineer
Aerodynamics
Drones
Powerplant
47. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Lapse Rate
Powerplant
Weight
Subsonic
48. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Aerospace Engineer
Jingle
Aeronautics
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
49. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Longitudinal Axis...
High hypersonic
Aileron
Hot Air Balloon
50. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Reynolds Number
Wash In/Wash Out
Angle of Attack
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)