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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.






2. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.






3. The study or practice of travel through the air.






4. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.






5. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.






6. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.






7. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.






8. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.






9. To set or thrust in motion.






10. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.






11. A glider designed for sustained flight.






12. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.






13. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.






14. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.






15. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.






16. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.






17. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.






18. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.






19. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.






20. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.






21. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.






22. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.






23. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.






24. 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.






25. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.






26. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.






27. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.






28. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.






29. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects






30. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.






31. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.






32. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.






33. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.






34. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.






35. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.






36. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.






37. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.






38. Design machines that fly.






39. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.






40. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.






41. 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.






42. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.






43. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.






44. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.






45. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.






46. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn






47. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.






48. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.






49. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.






50. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.