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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Space Shuttle
Aeronautics
Lapse Rate
Center of Gravity
2. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Seaplane
Supersonic
Pitch
Helicopter
3. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Center of Gravity
Airship
Taper
Aerospace
4. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Angle of Attack
Rocket
Airplane
Infomercial
5. Design machines that fly.
Aerospace Engineer
Wing Planform
Jingle
Roll
6. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Rudder
Hypersonic
Airfoil
7. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Vertical Axis...
Roll
Angle of Attack
High hypersonic
8. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Elevator
Aerodynamics
Aeronautics
Supersonic
9. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Airplane
Dynamic Stability
Trailing Edge
Slogan
10. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Wing Span
Controllability
Seaplane
Keel Effect
11. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Aeronautics
Aspect Ratio
Launch
Drones
12. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Fuselage
Elevator
Aileron
Maneuverability
13. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Reynolds Number
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aeronautics
Wing
14. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Angle of Attack
Helicopter
Airplane
Vertical Axis...
15. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Dynamic Stability
Stall
Seaplane
Aerodynamics
16. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Dihedral
Lapse Rate
Drag
Controllability
17. 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.
Glider
Powerplant
Angle of Attack
Horizontal Stabilizer
18. 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.
Seaplane
Flaps
Hypersonic
Sailplane
19. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Subsonic
Stall
Powerplant
Wing Span
20. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Script
Maneuverability
Roll
21. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Center of Gravity
Angle of Attack
Wash In/Wash Out
Seaplane
22. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Lift
Maneuverability
Controllability
Script
23. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Jingle
Pitch
M
24. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Storyboard
Weight
Fuselage
Slogan
25. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Airship
Boundary Layer
Roll
Dynamic Stability
26. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Powerplant
Aeronautics
Trailing Edge
Stall
27. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Angle of Attack
Script
Elevator
Fuselage
28. To set or thrust in motion.
Elevator
Supersonic
Launch
Leading Edge
29. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Leading Edge
Empennage
Cockpit
Angle of Attack
30. 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.
Static Stability
Supersonic
Aileron
Wash In/Wash Out
31. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Center of Gravity
Flaps
Airplane
Pitch
32. 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.
Pitch
Stability
Aerodynamics
Horizontal Stabilizer
33. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Rocket
Roll
Aerodynamics
Maneuverability
34. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Dihedral
Aeronautics
Reynolds Number
Empennage
35. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Aspect Ratio
Static Stability
Boundary Layer
Keel Effect
36. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Lift
Powerplant
Wash In/Wash Out
Jingle
37. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Lift
Weight
Stability
Drones
38. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Aerodynamics
Helicopter
Aeronautics
Taper
39. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Thrust
M
Static Stability
Horizontal Stabilizer
40. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Slogan
Boundary Layer
Fuselage
Aspect Ratio
41. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Static Stability
Drones
Wing Span
Seaplane
42. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Rocket
Boundary Layer
Space Shuttle
Maneuverability
43. 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.
Rocket
Fuselage
Script
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
44. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Rudder
Sailplane
Glider
Airfoil
45. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Drones
Taper
Script
Leading Edge
46. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Seaplane
Wing
Static Stability
Aeronautics
47. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Cockpit
Seaplane
Lapse Rate
Wing Planform
48. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Reynolds Number
M
Wing Span
49. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Aerospace Engineer
Aerospace
Elevator
Script
50. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Fuselage
Boundary Layer
Airship
Dihedral