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Aerospace Engineering
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1. 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.
Trailing Edge
Weight
Rudder
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
2. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Angle of Attack
Aspect Ratio
Elevator
3. 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.
Drag
Fuselage
Wash In/Wash Out
Horizontal Stabilizer
4. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Pitch
Lift
Script
Maneuverability
5. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Boundary Layer
Storyboard
Roll
Trailing Edge
6. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Aerodynamics
Airship
Aerospace
Trailing Edge
7. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Trailing Edge
M
Controllability
Dihedral
8. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Weight
Wing Planform
Cockpit
9. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Storyboard
Sailplane
Center of Gravity
M
10. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Stall
Cockpit
Trailing Edge
Lateral Axis...
11. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Fuselage
Horizontal Stabilizer
Stability
Storyboard
12. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Lapse Rate
Aeronautics
Roll
13. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Roll
Rudder
Vertical Axis...
Airship
14. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Drag
Hot Air Balloon
Glider
Trailing Edge
15. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Helicopter
Dihedral
Powerplant
Reynolds Number
16. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Stall
Airship
Infomercial
Hypersonic
17. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Seaplane
Longitudinal Axis...
Lapse Rate
Aspect Ratio
18. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Helicopter
Reynolds Number
Aerospace
Wing
19. 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.
Hypersonic
Wash In/Wash Out
Script
Lateral Axis...
20. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Empennage
Cockpit
Subsonic
Keel Effect
21. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Roll
Fuselage
Stability
Drag
22. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Leading Edge
Thrust
Elevator
Static Stability
23. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Trailing Edge
M
Center of Gravity
Slogan
24. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Helicopter
Stability
Wing Span
Drones
25. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Vertical Axis...
Subsonic
Script
Boundary Layer
26. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Cockpit
Airship
Space Shuttle
Keel Effect
27. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Hypersonic
Helicopter
Aerospace Engineer
Space Shuttle
28. Design machines that fly.
Aeronautics
Aerospace Engineer
Drones
Controllability
29. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Rudder
Wing Planform
Aileron
Aerodynamics
30. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Aerospace
Lapse Rate
Airplane
Jingle
31. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Airship
Aerospace
Empennage
Stall
32. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Dynamic Stability
Longitudinal Axis...
Space Shuttle
Taper
33. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Dihedral
Lateral Axis...
High hypersonic
Reynolds Number
34. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
Powerplant
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Rocket
35. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
High hypersonic
Elevator
Longitudinal Axis...
Glider
36. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Pitch
Taper
Infomercial
Aerospace Engineer
37. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Cockpit
Supersonic
Hypersonic
Longitudinal Axis...
38. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Helicopter
Thrust
Supersonic
Elevator
39. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Drag
Center of Gravity
Maneuverability
Airfoil
40. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Angle of Attack
Rocket
Rudder
Airship
41. 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.
Flaps
Pitch
Empennage
Cockpit
42. To set or thrust in motion.
Seaplane
Stability
Angle of Attack
Launch
43. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Sailplane
Dynamic Stability
M
Airplane
44. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Space Shuttle
Helicopter
Lapse Rate
Aileron
45. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Lapse Rate
Glider
Launch
Sailplane
46. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Wing Span
Drones
Airplane
Reynolds Number
47. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Helicopter
Longitudinal Axis...
Leading Edge
Wash In/Wash Out
48. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Lapse Rate
Boundary Layer
Wing
Aileron
49. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Airplane
Aeronautics
Flaps
Space Shuttle
50. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Controllability
Yaw
Aerospace
Wash In/Wash Out