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Aerospace Engineering
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1. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Drones
Elevator
Airfoil
Wing
2. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Empennage
Space Shuttle
Boundary Layer
3. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Powerplant
Static Stability
Roll
Storyboard
4. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Wash In/Wash Out
Elevator
Leading Edge
Wing
5. 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.
Static Stability
Supersonic
Sailplane
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
6. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Sailplane
Rudder
Launch
Stall
7. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Hot Air Balloon
Aileron
Slogan
Leading Edge
8. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Airplane
Infomercial
Fuselage
Aileron
9. To set or thrust in motion.
Launch
Seaplane
Drones
Hypersonic
10. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Roll
Boundary Layer
Hot Air Balloon
Aerodynamics
11. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Script
Stall
Wash In/Wash Out
12. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Dihedral
Powerplant
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aileron
13. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Aerodynamics
M
Airplane
Thrust
14. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Leading Edge
Yaw
Empennage
Longitudinal Axis...
15. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Supersonic
Sailplane
Roll
16. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Wing Planform
Seaplane
Wash In/Wash Out
Angle of Attack
17. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Jingle
Aerospace
Wing
Seaplane
18. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Aileron
Subsonic
Dihedral
Stall
19. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Cockpit
Aerospace Engineer
Jingle
Storyboard
20. 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.
Wash In/Wash Out
Drag
Airship
Maneuverability
21. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Airship
Vertical Axis...
Supersonic
Maneuverability
22. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Controllability
Cockpit
Lift
Longitudinal Axis...
23. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Powerplant
Roll
Maneuverability
24. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Roll
Empennage
Rudder
Longitudinal Axis...
25. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Trailing Edge
Aerospace Engineer
Center of Gravity
Cockpit
26. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Lateral Axis...
Longitudinal Axis...
Airplane
Drones
27. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Hypersonic
Longitudinal Axis...
Stability
Script
28. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Airplane
Hot Air Balloon
Powerplant
Empennage
29. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Controllability
Powerplant
Jingle
Horizontal Stabilizer
30. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Wing Planform
Seaplane
Maneuverability
Longitudinal Axis...
31. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Rocket
Space Shuttle
Static Stability
Aerospace Engineer
32. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Subsonic
Aeronautics
Aspect Ratio
Aerospace Engineer
33. Design machines that fly.
Aspect Ratio
Powerplant
Airfoil
Aerospace Engineer
34. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Powerplant
Keel Effect
Aeronautics
Slogan
35. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Center of Gravity
Keel Effect
Drones
Slogan
36. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Helicopter
Powerplant
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Dynamic Stability
37. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Infomercial
Empennage
Jingle
Trailing Edge
38. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
High hypersonic
Reynolds Number
Hot Air Balloon
Jingle
39. 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.
Lateral Axis...
Aerospace Engineer
Flaps
Reynolds Number
40. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Rocket
Airship
Lift
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.
Aeronautics
Aeronautics
Taper
Horizontal Stabilizer
42. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Aeronautics
Supersonic
Angle of Attack
Space Shuttle
43. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Weight
Stall
Longitudinal Axis...
Subsonic
44. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Space Shuttle
Weight
Airship
Hot Air Balloon
45. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Taper
Lateral Axis...
Thrust
Space Shuttle
46. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Drag
Fuselage
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aerospace
47. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Yaw
Airplane
Cockpit
Infomercial
48. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Helicopter
Thrust
Subsonic
Wing Planform
49. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Vertical Axis...
Taper
Hot Air Balloon
Boundary Layer
50. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Space Shuttle
Controllability
Infomercial
Dihedral