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