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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.






2. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.






3. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.






4. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects






5. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.






6. 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.






7. To set or thrust in motion.






8. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.






9. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.






10. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.






11. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.






12. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.






13. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.






14. A glider designed for sustained flight.






15. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.






16. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.






17. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.






18. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.






19. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.






20. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.






21. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.






22. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.






23. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.






24. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.






25. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.






26. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.






27. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.






28. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.






29. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.






30. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.






31. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.






32. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.






33. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.






34. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.






35. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90






36. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.






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.






38. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.






39. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.






40. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.






41. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.






42. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.






43. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.






44. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.






45. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.






46. Design machines that fly.






47. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.






48. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.






49. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn






50. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.