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