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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Seaplane
Lateral Axis...
Rocket
Wing Planform
2. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Rudder
Controllability
Lateral Axis...
Wing Planform
3. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Seaplane
Hypersonic
Aeronautics
Drones
4. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Empennage
Lift
Space Shuttle
Aspect Ratio
5. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Airplane
Airship
Aeronautics
6. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Leading Edge
Thrust
Lateral Axis...
Static Stability
7. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Hypersonic
Powerplant
Trailing Edge
Longitudinal Axis...
8. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Lapse Rate
Center of Gravity
Drones
Aeronautics
9. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Lateral Axis...
Stability
Reynolds Number
Subsonic
10. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Lateral Axis...
Airplane
Aeronautics
Drones
11. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Supersonic
Aeronautics
Leading Edge
Script
12. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Elevator
Stability
High hypersonic
13. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Pitch
Space Shuttle
Reynolds Number
Aeronautics
14. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Roll
M
Aspect Ratio
Controllability
15. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Script
Stall
Airplane
Lift
16. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Drones
Roll
Elevator
Longitudinal Axis...
17. To set or thrust in motion.
Wing
Launch
Keel Effect
Cockpit
18. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Drag
Aspect Ratio
Elevator
Stall
19. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Dihedral
Drones
Reynolds Number
Rocket
20. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Aileron
Storyboard
Keel Effect
Center of Gravity
21. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Rudder
Glider
Supersonic
Vertical Axis...
22. 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
Powerplant
Airplane
Rudder
23. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Flaps
Helicopter
Leading Edge
Storyboard
24. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Stability
High hypersonic
Powerplant
Aeronautics
25. 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.
Rudder
Elevator
Airplane
Wash In/Wash Out
26. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Pitch
Drag
Keel Effect
Boundary Layer
27. 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.
Powerplant
Flaps
Hypersonic
Launch
28. Design machines that fly.
Empennage
Aerospace Engineer
Controllability
Jingle
29. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Wash In/Wash Out
Thrust
Sailplane
Fuselage
30. 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.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Elevator
Wing Planform
Roll
31. 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.
Powerplant
Weight
Stability
Airfoil
32. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Aerospace
Jingle
Dihedral
Drones
33. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Lateral Axis...
High hypersonic
Fuselage
Aerospace Engineer
34. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Angle of Attack
Dynamic Stability
Aeronautics
Weight
35. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Lapse Rate
Aerodynamics
Seaplane
Dihedral
36. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Lapse Rate
High hypersonic
Infomercial
Jingle
37. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Supersonic
Taper
Vertical Axis...
Airplane
38. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Wing Span
Space Shuttle
Flaps
39. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Dihedral
Cockpit
Rudder
40. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Wing Planform
Airship
Jingle
Stall
41. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Stall
Dynamic Stability
Keel Effect
Yaw
42. 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.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aileron
Dihedral
Sailplane
43. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Leading Edge
Script
Airship
Aerospace
44. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Space Shuttle
Wing Planform
Drones
45. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Wing
Subsonic
Airship
Wing Planform
46. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Rocket
Drag
Empennage
Yaw
47. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Wing
Powerplant
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aerodynamics
48. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Lift
Aeronautics
Supersonic
Drones
49. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Seaplane
Reynolds Number
Stall
Maneuverability
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.
Hypersonic
Boundary Layer
Weight
Reynolds Number