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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Vertical Axis...
Airplane
Dihedral
Reynolds Number
2. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Glider
Aerospace Engineer
Supersonic
Longitudinal Axis...
3. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Powerplant
Aileron
Wing
Lateral Axis...
4. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Fuselage
Seaplane
Script
Vertical Axis...
5. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Roll
Airplane
Vertical Axis...
Taper
6. 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.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Cockpit
Center of Gravity
Wash In/Wash Out
7. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Boundary Layer
Wing Span
Maneuverability
Lateral Axis...
8. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Airfoil
Dynamic Stability
Boundary Layer
Center of Gravity
9. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Yaw
Static Stability
Sailplane
Script
10. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Aeronautics
Rocket
Reynolds Number
Wing
11. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Static Stability
Jingle
Keel Effect
Leading Edge
12. To set or thrust in motion.
Wing
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Launch
Hypersonic
13. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Stall
Vertical Axis...
Flaps
Maneuverability
14. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Center of Gravity
Powerplant
High hypersonic
15. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Sailplane
Longitudinal Axis...
Elevator
Seaplane
16. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Script
Yaw
Empennage
Powerplant
17. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Jingle
Lateral Axis...
M
Wing Span
18. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Weight
M
Glider
Dynamic Stability
19. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Span
Lift
Reynolds Number
Wing Planform
20. 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.
Cockpit
Wing
Slogan
Stability
21. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Lateral Axis...
Drones
Stability
Vertical Axis...
22. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Wash In/Wash Out
Helicopter
Rocket
Leading Edge
23. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Static Stability
Cockpit
Hot Air Balloon
Drones
24. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Yaw
Leading Edge
Keel Effect
Cockpit
25. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
High hypersonic
Subsonic
Reynolds Number
26. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Fuselage
Hypersonic
Drones
Lapse Rate
27. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Thrust
Empennage
Angle of Attack
Cockpit
28. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Aeronautics
Glider
Stability
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
29. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Script
Airship
Hot Air Balloon
Space Shuttle
30. 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
Pitch
Wash In/Wash Out
Thrust
31. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Lateral Axis...
Static Stability
Storyboard
Wing
32. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Drones
Roll
Aeronautics
Wash In/Wash Out
33. 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.
Airplane
Horizontal Stabilizer
Script
Wing Planform
34. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Space Shuttle
Supersonic
Lapse Rate
Static Stability
35. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Lift
Trailing Edge
Script
Launch
36. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Aerospace Engineer
Wing Span
Dihedral
Infomercial
37. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Dynamic Stability
Storyboard
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Trailing Edge
38. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Launch
Helicopter
Dynamic Stability
39. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
M
Airship
Wash In/Wash Out
Slogan
40. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Empennage
Cockpit
Airship
Wing Span
41. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Aerodynamics
Trailing Edge
Angle of Attack
Stall
42. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Reynolds Number
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Lateral Axis...
Stall
43. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Leading Edge
Horizontal Stabilizer
Infomercial
Vertical Axis...
44. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Aspect Ratio
Aerospace
Vertical Axis...
Aerospace Engineer
45. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Elevator
Aileron
Wing
Jingle
46. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Elevator
Center of Gravity
Storyboard
Jingle
47. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Fuselage
Controllability
Subsonic
Wing Span
48. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Yaw
Slogan
Taper
Weight
49. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Boundary Layer
Aerospace
Space Shuttle
Cockpit
50. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Roll
Dihedral
Boundary Layer
Empennage