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Aerospace Engineering
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1. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Trailing Edge
Wing Span
Controllability
Rudder
2. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Static Stability
Drones
M
Hot Air Balloon
3. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Aspect Ratio
Aerospace
Trailing Edge
Aeronautics
4. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Space Shuttle
Center of Gravity
Empennage
Helicopter
5. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Seaplane
Rudder
Yaw
Sailplane
6. The study or practice of travel through the air.
High hypersonic
Aeronautics
Powerplant
Airship
7. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Hypersonic
Airplane
Aerospace Engineer
8. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Pitch
Lift
Dihedral
Aspect Ratio
9. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Script
M
Maneuverability
Subsonic
10. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Thrust
Dynamic Stability
Space Shuttle
Weight
11. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Pitch
Storyboard
Yaw
Leading Edge
12. 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.
Dynamic Stability
Hot Air Balloon
Keel Effect
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
13. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Flaps
Powerplant
Dihedral
Yaw
14. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Supersonic
Reynolds Number
Aerodynamics
Wing
15. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Lift
Lapse Rate
Helicopter
Drag
16. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Space Shuttle
Drones
Roll
Rudder
17. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Pitch
Cockpit
Angle of Attack
Sailplane
18. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Trailing Edge
Airship
Jingle
Aerodynamics
19. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Hot Air Balloon
Jingle
Yaw
Aeronautics
20. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Lapse Rate
Maneuverability
Aileron
Wing
21. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Rocket
Elevator
Lapse Rate
Lateral Axis...
22. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Reynolds Number
Glider
Slogan
Script
23. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Vertical Axis...
Wing Span
Aerospace Engineer
Infomercial
24. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Stability
Aileron
Seaplane
Aerospace
25. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Aerospace Engineer
Infomercial
Rudder
Airship
26. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Launch
Jingle
Keel Effect
Powerplant
27. 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.
Aileron
Rudder
Stability
Lapse Rate
28. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Center of Gravity
Vertical Axis...
Maneuverability
Stability
29. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Airship
Sailplane
Script
Infomercial
30. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Supersonic
Hot Air Balloon
Aerospace Engineer
Pitch
31. 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.
Lift
Aerodynamics
Supersonic
Flaps
32. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Thrust
Subsonic
Cockpit
Powerplant
33. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Empennage
Cockpit
Wing Planform
Hypersonic
34. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Rocket
Aerospace
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
35. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Seaplane
Aileron
Keel Effect
Infomercial
36. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
Weight
Rudder
High hypersonic
37. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Jingle
Drag
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Angle of Attack
38. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Cockpit
Elevator
Static Stability
Trailing Edge
39. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Drag
Static Stability
High hypersonic
Airfoil
40. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Supersonic
Taper
Stability
Stall
41. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Jingle
M
Lapse Rate
42. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Leading Edge
Boundary Layer
Wing
Trailing Edge
43. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Empennage
Fuselage
Subsonic
Flaps
44. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Fuselage
Rocket
Slogan
Yaw
45. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Aerodynamics
Boundary Layer
Fuselage
46. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Trailing Edge
Infomercial
Drones
47. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Maneuverability
Stability
Lapse Rate
Rocket
48. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Seaplane
Lift
Hot Air Balloon
49. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Lift
Dynamic Stability
Subsonic
Lateral Axis...
50. To set or thrust in motion.
Wing Planform
Roll
Launch
Center of Gravity