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Aerospace Engineering
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1. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
High hypersonic
Static Stability
Yaw
Airplane
2. 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.
Lateral Axis...
Airplane
Stability
Aerospace
3. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Empennage
Airplane
Wing Planform
Script
4. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Glider
Aspect Ratio
Aileron
Empennage
5. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Trailing Edge
Dihedral
Subsonic
Aeronautics
6. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Seaplane
Keel Effect
Glider
Trailing Edge
7. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Hypersonic
Controllability
Airplane
Drones
8. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Drag
Rocket
Aerospace
Cockpit
9. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Dynamic Stability
High hypersonic
Lateral Axis...
10. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Drones
Script
Horizontal Stabilizer
Maneuverability
11. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Aspect Ratio
Supersonic
Lift
Horizontal Stabilizer
12. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Cockpit
Powerplant
Lapse Rate
Lateral Axis...
13. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Storyboard
Roll
M
Thrust
14. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Glider
Helicopter
Yaw
Dynamic Stability
15. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Seaplane
Aerospace Engineer
Sailplane
Lapse Rate
16. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Stability
Static Stability
Hypersonic
Aileron
17. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Helicopter
Leading Edge
Boundary Layer
18. 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
Storyboard
Stability
Wing
19. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Longitudinal Axis...
Taper
Wing Planform
Airship
20. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Airplane
Subsonic
Jingle
Aeronautics
21. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Yaw
Glider
Dynamic Stability
Space Shuttle
22. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Jingle
Glider
Aileron
Fuselage
23. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Wing Planform
Drones
Stall
Glider
24. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Aeronautics
Slogan
Supersonic
25. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Wing
Stall
Cockpit
High hypersonic
26. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Space Shuttle
High hypersonic
Subsonic
Maneuverability
27. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Launch
Wing
Seaplane
Sailplane
28. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Airplane
Reynolds Number
M
Wing Planform
29. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Yaw
Powerplant
Helicopter
Glider
30. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Static Stability
Aerospace
Hot Air Balloon
Roll
31. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Trailing Edge
Leading Edge
Yaw
Reynolds Number
32. To set or thrust in motion.
Jingle
Launch
Stall
Slogan
33. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Static Stability
Jingle
Maneuverability
Wing Planform
34. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Script
Center of Gravity
Airplane
35. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Airship
Weight
Subsonic
Horizontal Stabilizer
36. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Fuselage
Wash In/Wash Out
Powerplant
Hypersonic
37. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Reynolds Number
Pitch
Vertical Axis...
Leading Edge
38. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Thrust
Drones
Airfoil
Storyboard
39. Design machines that fly.
Yaw
Aerospace Engineer
Aerodynamics
Empennage
40. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Lift
Aeronautics
Aileron
41. 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
Thrust
Aerospace Engineer
Lateral Axis...
42. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Lateral Axis...
Reynolds Number
Airplane
Wing Span
43. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Lateral Axis...
Aerodynamics
Storyboard
Airship
44. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Wash In/Wash Out
Airship
Aeronautics
Stability
45. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Center of Gravity
Roll
Horizontal Stabilizer
Stability
46. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Airship
Lift
Wing Span
Angle of Attack
47. 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.
Flaps
Airfoil
Aerospace
Leading Edge
48. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Stability
Aeronautics
Drag
49. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
M
Empennage
Subsonic
50. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Stability
Sailplane
Airplane
Angle of Attack