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Aerospace Engineering
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1. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Rocket
Stability
Airfoil
Hypersonic
2. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Elevator
Controllability
Subsonic
Yaw
3. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Hypersonic
Aerodynamics
Stability
Fuselage
4. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Aeronautics
Lift
Weight
Yaw
5. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Aspect Ratio
Aerospace
High hypersonic
Drag
6. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Wing Span
Vertical Axis...
Longitudinal Axis...
Lift
7. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Hot Air Balloon
Supersonic
Jingle
8. 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.
Sailplane
Wash In/Wash Out
Slogan
Aeronautics
9. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Elevator
Aerodynamics
Supersonic
Lapse Rate
10. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Slogan
Static Stability
Elevator
Keel Effect
11. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Dihedral
Hot Air Balloon
Script
Hypersonic
12. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Script
Angle of Attack
Taper
Stability
13. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Aerospace Engineer
Sailplane
Hot Air Balloon
Airfoil
14. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Maneuverability
Script
Trailing Edge
Leading Edge
15. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Glider
Jingle
Taper
16. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Stability
Helicopter
Flaps
17. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Subsonic
Yaw
Aerospace
Jingle
18. 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.
Cockpit
Horizontal Stabilizer
Reynolds Number
Leading Edge
19. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Cockpit
Reynolds Number
Infomercial
Aeronautics
20. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Reynolds Number
Wing Span
Thrust
Storyboard
21. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Pitch
Airplane
Wash In/Wash Out
Weight
22. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Rocket
Airship
Vertical Axis...
Trailing Edge
23. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Aeronautics
Infomercial
Vertical Axis...
Wing
24. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Supersonic
Jingle
Center of Gravity
25. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Center of Gravity
Rudder
Sailplane
Stall
26. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Boundary Layer
Yaw
Storyboard
Lift
27. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Powerplant
Roll
Controllability
Empennage
28. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Trailing Edge
Keel Effect
Lapse Rate
Seaplane
29. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Stall
Wing Span
Glider
30. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Aerospace Engineer
Wing Planform
Roll
Airfoil
31. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Rudder
Jingle
Infomercial
Keel Effect
32. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Airfoil
Seaplane
Aspect Ratio
Airplane
33. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Powerplant
Seaplane
Aileron
34. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Angle of Attack
Helicopter
M
Wing Span
35. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Thrust
Horizontal Stabilizer
Hypersonic
Static Stability
36. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Maneuverability
Controllability
Aerospace
Trailing Edge
37. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Horizontal Stabilizer
Space Shuttle
Wash In/Wash Out
38. 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.
Airship
Trailing Edge
Airfoil
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
39. Design machines that fly.
Script
Airship
Aerospace Engineer
Yaw
40. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Helicopter
Pitch
Wing
Lift
41. 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.
Supersonic
Boundary Layer
Launch
Stability
42. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Roll
Keel Effect
Script
Cockpit
43. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Dynamic Stability
Empennage
Cockpit
Yaw
44. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Longitudinal Axis...
Supersonic
Aeronautics
45. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Glider
Weight
Lateral Axis...
Aeronautics
46. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Aerospace Engineer
Wing
Airship
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
47. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Pitch
Leading Edge
Reynolds Number
Drones
48. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Subsonic
Thrust
Flaps
Glider
49. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Hypersonic
Jingle
Trailing Edge
Leading Edge
50. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Space Shuttle
Airplane
Longitudinal Axis...
Trailing Edge