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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.






2. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.






3. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn






4. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.






5. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.






6. 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.






7. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.






8. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.






9. To set or thrust in motion.






10. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.






11. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.






12. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.






13. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.






14. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.






15. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.






16. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.






17. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.






18. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.






19. Design machines that fly.






20. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.






21. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.






22. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.






23. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.






24. 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.






25. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.






26. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.






27. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.






28. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects






29. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.






30. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.






31. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.






32. A glider designed for sustained flight.






33. The study or practice of travel through the air.






34. 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.






35. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.






36. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.






37. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.






38. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.






39. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.






40. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.






41. 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.






42. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.






43. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.






44. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.






45. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.






46. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.






47. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.






48. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.






49. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.






50. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.