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Aerospace Engineering
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1. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Aerodynamics
Taper
Pitch
High hypersonic
2. Design machines that fly.
Trailing Edge
M
Aerospace Engineer
Airplane
3. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Reynolds Number
Infomercial
Angle of Attack
Stability
4. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Keel Effect
Hot Air Balloon
Drones
5. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Storyboard
Thrust
Reynolds Number
Controllability
6. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Drones
Lift
Space Shuttle
7. 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.
Drones
Wing
Stability
Dihedral
8. 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.
Sailplane
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Wing Span
Dynamic Stability
9. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Subsonic
Drones
Static Stability
Hypersonic
10. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Lapse Rate
Reynolds Number
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Center of Gravity
11. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Jingle
Leading Edge
Seaplane
Thrust
12. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Wing
Script
Rocket
Yaw
13. To set or thrust in motion.
Drag
Launch
Hot Air Balloon
Weight
14. 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
Lift
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Drones
15. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Keel Effect
Infomercial
Rudder
Glider
16. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Angle of Attack
Stall
Supersonic
17. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Aileron
Lapse Rate
Drag
18. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Longitudinal Axis...
Wing Span
Jingle
Pitch
19. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Trailing Edge
Powerplant
Stability
Aileron
20. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Drag
Airfoil
Thrust
Rocket
21. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Stall
Leading Edge
Fuselage
22. 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.
Lapse Rate
Airship
Aileron
Flaps
23. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Weight
Script
Pitch
Leading Edge
24. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Sailplane
Rocket
Fuselage
Aileron
25. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Airplane
Reynolds Number
Lateral Axis...
Hypersonic
26. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Flaps
Aileron
Boundary Layer
Drones
27. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Stability
Trailing Edge
Pitch
Dihedral
28. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Script
Hypersonic
Seaplane
Slogan
29. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Vertical Axis...
Lapse Rate
Subsonic
Longitudinal Axis...
30. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Cockpit
Drag
Aerospace
Aspect Ratio
31. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Space Shuttle
High hypersonic
Drag
Aeronautics
32. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Space Shuttle
Pitch
Trailing Edge
Drones
33. 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
Keel Effect
Airship
Hot Air Balloon
34. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Lateral Axis...
Dynamic Stability
Powerplant
Center of Gravity
35. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Reynolds Number
High hypersonic
Horizontal Stabilizer
Leading Edge
36. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Sailplane
Seaplane
Empennage
Space Shuttle
37. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Angle of Attack
Wing
Pitch
Horizontal Stabilizer
38. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Reynolds Number
Cockpit
Longitudinal Axis...
Dynamic Stability
39. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Glider
Aeronautics
Empennage
Aileron
40. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Aerospace Engineer
Dynamic Stability
Boundary Layer
Taper
41. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Stability
Horizontal Stabilizer
Dynamic Stability
Reynolds Number
42. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerodynamics
Sailplane
Aerospace
Elevator
43. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Elevator
Subsonic
Keel Effect
Roll
44. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Lateral Axis...
Controllability
Reynolds Number
Pitch
45. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Dynamic Stability
Stability
Elevator
Storyboard
46. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Script
Dynamic Stability
Aeronautics
Keel Effect
47. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Airplane
Airship
Helicopter
Maneuverability
48. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Slogan
Aileron
Aerodynamics
Supersonic
49. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Aileron
Dihedral
Glider
Drag
50. 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
Static Stability
Longitudinal Axis...
Angle of Attack