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Aerospace Engineering
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1. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace Engineer
Center of Gravity
Aerospace
Lift
2. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Weight
Yaw
Reynolds Number
Supersonic
3. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Space Shuttle
Storyboard
Wash In/Wash Out
Hypersonic
4. 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.
Yaw
Stability
Script
Wing Span
5. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Elevator
Drones
Fuselage
Pitch
6. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Subsonic
Fuselage
Flaps
Aerospace Engineer
7. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Launch
Dihedral
Static Stability
Boundary Layer
8. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Controllability
Space Shuttle
Script
Rocket
9. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Lateral Axis...
Trailing Edge
Supersonic
Maneuverability
10. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Trailing Edge
Airfoil
Aeronautics
Wing Planform
11. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Flaps
Angle of Attack
M
Stability
12. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Thrust
Supersonic
Infomercial
Dihedral
13. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Jingle
M
Center of Gravity
14. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Script
Subsonic
High hypersonic
15. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Drag
Airfoil
Slogan
M
16. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Vertical Axis...
Launch
Aeronautics
Wing Planform
17. 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.
Subsonic
Airfoil
Powerplant
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
18. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Maneuverability
Cockpit
Flaps
Fuselage
19. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Powerplant
Flaps
Helicopter
Lift
20. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Center of Gravity
Lateral Axis...
Stability
Hypersonic
21. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Storyboard
Slogan
Wing Planform
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
22. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Leading Edge
Glider
Thrust
Hypersonic
23. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Helicopter
Drag
Leading Edge
Keel Effect
24. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Seaplane
Airfoil
Flaps
Launch
25. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Aeronautics
Maneuverability
Lift
Dynamic Stability
26. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Flaps
Sailplane
Aspect Ratio
Dynamic Stability
27. 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.
Reynolds Number
Powerplant
Flaps
Controllability
28. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Hot Air Balloon
Aerodynamics
Dihedral
Elevator
29. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Wash In/Wash Out
Airship
Seaplane
Airplane
30. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Keel Effect
Stall
Fuselage
Aerospace
31. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Aspect Ratio
Powerplant
Hypersonic
Wing Span
32. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Dihedral
Wing
Infomercial
Pitch
33. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Aerospace
Aspect Ratio
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aeronautics
34. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Lateral Axis...
Storyboard
Vertical Axis...
Aileron
35. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Subsonic
Empennage
Lapse Rate
Supersonic
36. Design machines that fly.
Flaps
Fuselage
Aspect Ratio
Aerospace Engineer
37. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Rudder
Angle of Attack
Launch
Airfoil
38. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Aerospace
Drag
Taper
Rocket
39. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Hypersonic
Subsonic
Controllability
Roll
40. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Reynolds Number
Fuselage
Cockpit
Pitch
41. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Supersonic
Rudder
Center of Gravity
Airplane
42. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Stability
Aerospace
Fuselage
Boundary Layer
43. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Roll
Aerodynamics
Rocket
Drag
44. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Lateral Axis...
Script
Aerodynamics
Dihedral
45. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Controllability
Aerospace
Maneuverability
High hypersonic
46. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Thrust
Aerospace Engineer
Sailplane
47. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Wing
Controllability
Taper
Empennage
48. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Hot Air Balloon
Stability
Sailplane
Aerodynamics
49. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Trailing Edge
Aerodynamics
Longitudinal Axis...
Static Stability
50. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Helicopter
Center of Gravity
Supersonic
Wing Span