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Aerospace Engineering
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1. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Jingle
Thrust
Static Stability
Script
2. Design machines that fly.
Cockpit
Glider
Aerospace Engineer
Yaw
3. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
High hypersonic
Lift
Aspect Ratio
Trailing Edge
4. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Static Stability
Storyboard
Slogan
5. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Helicopter
Dynamic Stability
Drag
Airplane
6. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Airship
Helicopter
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Taper
7. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Reynolds Number
Horizontal Stabilizer
Subsonic
Dihedral
8. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Hot Air Balloon
Wing
Aerodynamics
Lapse Rate
9. 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.
Launch
Wing Planform
Lapse Rate
Wash In/Wash Out
10. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Wash In/Wash Out
Storyboard
Airfoil
Controllability
11. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Wing Planform
Aerodynamics
Storyboard
Aeronautics
12. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Helicopter
Hypersonic
Launch
Yaw
13. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Maneuverability
Fuselage
Hypersonic
Wash In/Wash Out
14. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Infomercial
Lift
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aileron
15. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Drag
Aeronautics
M
Pitch
16. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Wing Span
Dynamic Stability
Reynolds Number
Rudder
17. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Keel Effect
Drones
Stability
Rudder
18. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Seaplane
Weight
Glider
Launch
19. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Hypersonic
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
M
Maneuverability
20. 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
Horizontal Stabilizer
Dihedral
Fuselage
21. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Wing Span
Airfoil
Helicopter
Aspect Ratio
22. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Roll
Airplane
Storyboard
Yaw
23. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Yaw
Dihedral
Lateral Axis...
Airship
24. 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.
Drag
Pitch
Stability
Static Stability
25. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Weight
Thrust
Drones
Elevator
26. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Infomercial
Angle of Attack
Roll
Aeronautics
27. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Rocket
Powerplant
Roll
Controllability
28. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Aeronautics
Lateral Axis...
Aerodynamics
Airship
29. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Angle of Attack
Taper
Aeronautics
30. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Wing
M
Jingle
Aerospace
31. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Drag
Infomercial
Slogan
Roll
32. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Lift
Subsonic
Lateral Axis...
33. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Sailplane
Drag
Aspect Ratio
Subsonic
34. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Rocket
Sailplane
Dihedral
Hot Air Balloon
35. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Glider
Boundary Layer
Hot Air Balloon
Aerodynamics
36. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Static Stability
Hypersonic
Lift
Sailplane
37. 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
Horizontal Stabilizer
Airship
Trailing Edge
38. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Center of Gravity
Glider
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
39. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Infomercial
Lateral Axis...
Dynamic Stability
Longitudinal Axis...
40. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Storyboard
Script
Trailing Edge
Airplane
41. To set or thrust in motion.
Lapse Rate
Elevator
Dynamic Stability
Launch
42. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Wing
Wing Span
Trailing Edge
Leading Edge
43. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Subsonic
Vertical Axis...
Glider
Stall
44. 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.
Wash In/Wash Out
Flaps
Airplane
Slogan
45. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Aerodynamics
Supersonic
Drones
Center of Gravity
46. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Rudder
Longitudinal Axis...
Airplane
Lapse Rate
47. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Lateral Axis...
Launch
Space Shuttle
Powerplant
48. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Lapse Rate
Wash In/Wash Out
Rocket
Wing Planform
49. 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)
Jingle
Wash In/Wash Out
M
50. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Aileron
Cockpit
Reynolds Number