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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Lapse Rate
Lift
Supersonic
Aerospace Engineer
2. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Leading Edge
Longitudinal Axis...
Airship
Flaps
3. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Airfoil
Storyboard
Rudder
Controllability
4. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Aerospace Engineer
Fuselage
Subsonic
Rocket
5. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Aeronautics
Static Stability
Glider
Airplane
6. 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.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Rudder
Wash In/Wash Out
Aeronautics
7. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Drag
Aspect Ratio
Wing Span
Airship
8. 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.
Stability
Elevator
Rocket
Slogan
9. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aspect Ratio
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Weight
Aileron
10. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Longitudinal Axis...
Helicopter
Cockpit
Space Shuttle
11. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Dihedral
Roll
Thrust
Fuselage
12. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Aerospace Engineer
Cockpit
Longitudinal Axis...
Seaplane
13. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Lateral Axis...
Helicopter
Drag
Launch
14. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Supersonic
Hot Air Balloon
Boundary Layer
Aerospace Engineer
15. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Aerospace Engineer
Script
Subsonic
M
16. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Infomercial
Helicopter
Aerospace
Drag
17. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
High hypersonic
Wash In/Wash Out
Wing Span
Jingle
18. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Dihedral
Script
Leading Edge
M
19. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Wash In/Wash Out
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Flaps
Lateral Axis...
20. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Aeronautics
Vertical Axis...
Pitch
Aerospace
21. To set or thrust in motion.
Script
High hypersonic
Launch
Cockpit
22. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Cockpit
Center of Gravity
Maneuverability
Glider
23. Design machines that fly.
Aeronautics
Aerospace Engineer
Rocket
Space Shuttle
24. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Flaps
Stability
Hot Air Balloon
Powerplant
25. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Taper
Seaplane
Static Stability
Weight
26. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Keel Effect
Trailing Edge
Wing Span
Wash In/Wash Out
27. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Static Stability
Drag
Elevator
Vertical Axis...
28. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Aerospace
Pitch
Slogan
Lapse Rate
29. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Aspect Ratio
Helicopter
Script
Reynolds Number
30. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Wing Planform
Thrust
Dihedral
Empennage
31. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Fuselage
Space Shuttle
Lateral Axis...
Glider
32. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Wing
Aerospace Engineer
Reynolds Number
Taper
33. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Cockpit
Lift
Static Stability
Drag
34. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Wing Span
Vertical Axis...
Glider
Pitch
35. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Controllability
M
Horizontal Stabilizer
Yaw
36. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Sailplane
Rudder
Airship
Static Stability
37. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Aeronautics
Subsonic
Aerodynamics
Lift
38. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Trailing Edge
Dynamic Stability
Lateral Axis...
Aerodynamics
39. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Fuselage
Empennage
Yaw
Dynamic Stability
40. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Supersonic
Rudder
Launch
Infomercial
41. 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.
Launch
Horizontal Stabilizer
Taper
Aspect Ratio
42. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aeronautics
Dihedral
Lapse Rate
Aerospace
43. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Helicopter
Space Shuttle
Subsonic
Airfoil
44. 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.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aerospace Engineer
Stability
Dihedral
45. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Hypersonic
Drag
Storyboard
46. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Vertical Axis...
Angle of Attack
Airplane
Aerospace
47. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Keel Effect
Static Stability
Vertical Axis...
Infomercial
48. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
Maneuverability
Space Shuttle
Aerospace Engineer
49. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Storyboard
Aeronautics
Hypersonic
Maneuverability
50. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Weight
Elevator
Airplane
Infomercial