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