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Aerospace Engineering
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1. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Vertical Axis...
Supersonic
Fuselage
Aeronautics
2. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Taper
Keel Effect
Horizontal Stabilizer
Empennage
3. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Reynolds Number
Yaw
Pitch
4. 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
Supersonic
Glider
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
5. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Space Shuttle
Angle of Attack
Jingle
Airplane
6. 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
Launch
Storyboard
Wing
7. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Seaplane
Lift
Aspect Ratio
Launch
8. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Helicopter
Pitch
Airplane
Flaps
9. To set or thrust in motion.
Launch
Rocket
Aerospace Engineer
Boundary Layer
10. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Keel Effect
Flaps
Roll
Dynamic Stability
11. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Trailing Edge
Lateral Axis...
Drones
Stall
12. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Glider
Drones
Yaw
Aerodynamics
13. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Thrust
Hypersonic
Center of Gravity
Jingle
14. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Subsonic
Seaplane
Empennage
Rudder
15. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Center of Gravity
Angle of Attack
Thrust
Aerodynamics
16. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Controllability
Helicopter
Wing Planform
Leading Edge
17. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Elevator
Aerodynamics
Drones
Rocket
18. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Rudder
M
Glider
Horizontal Stabilizer
19. Design machines that fly.
High hypersonic
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aerospace Engineer
Pitch
20. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
M
Aerospace
Dihedral
Airfoil
21. 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
Drag
Static Stability
Airship
22. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Stall
Aspect Ratio
Infomercial
Script
23. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Lift
Drones
Wing Span
Aerospace
24. 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.
Wing Planform
Wash In/Wash Out
Leading Edge
Slogan
25. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Reynolds Number
Slogan
Wing Span
Boundary Layer
26. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Script
Helicopter
Slogan
Maneuverability
27. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Elevator
Subsonic
Pitch
Airplane
28. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Vertical Axis...
Airplane
Aeronautics
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
29. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
High hypersonic
Aeronautics
Dihedral
Angle of Attack
30. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Airplane
Helicopter
High hypersonic
31. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Rocket
Fuselage
Aspect Ratio
Dihedral
32. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Drones
Leading Edge
Sailplane
Wing Span
33. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Rocket
Longitudinal Axis...
Reynolds Number
Aeronautics
34. 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.
Airfoil
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Center of Gravity
Fuselage
35. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Center of Gravity
Powerplant
Weight
Launch
36. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Lapse Rate
Empennage
Pitch
Rudder
37. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Helicopter
Thrust
Center of Gravity
Dihedral
38. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Elevator
Longitudinal Axis...
Storyboard
39. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Wing
Dynamic Stability
Helicopter
Maneuverability
40. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Space Shuttle
Hot Air Balloon
Launch
Cockpit
41. 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.
Aileron
Drones
Flaps
Wing
42. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Yaw
Horizontal Stabilizer
Powerplant
Aeronautics
43. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Subsonic
Horizontal Stabilizer
Thrust
Slogan
44. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Pitch
Elevator
Subsonic
Dihedral
45. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Yaw
Seaplane
Storyboard
Thrust
46. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Keel Effect
Airship
Elevator
Yaw
47. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Static Stability
Taper
Wing Span
Hypersonic
48. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Yaw
Aerodynamics
Sailplane
High hypersonic
49. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Drones
Leading Edge
Static Stability
Pitch
50. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Airplane
Hypersonic
Glider
Rocket