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Aerospace Engineering
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1. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Controllability
Fuselage
Space Shuttle
Vertical Axis...
2. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Vertical Axis...
Aeronautics
Stall
Helicopter
3. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Sailplane
Subsonic
Script
Slogan
4. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Aileron
Stall
Taper
5. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
Vertical Axis...
High hypersonic
Dynamic Stability
6. 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.
Wash In/Wash Out
Aspect Ratio
Helicopter
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
7. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Seaplane
Rudder
Aeronautics
8. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
High hypersonic
Airplane
Empennage
Aerodynamics
9. Design machines that fly.
Aerospace Engineer
Rocket
Boundary Layer
Dynamic Stability
10. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Wing Planform
Thrust
Hot Air Balloon
Airship
11. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Seaplane
Taper
Drag
Supersonic
12. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Hypersonic
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Drones
Jingle
13. 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.
Fuselage
Flaps
Jingle
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
14. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Aeronautics
Static Stability
Launch
Horizontal Stabilizer
15. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Elevator
Aeronautics
Roll
Subsonic
16. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Weight
Helicopter
Script
Infomercial
17. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Reynolds Number
Glider
Wing Planform
Elevator
18. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aeronautics
Center of Gravity
Yaw
Aileron
19. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Empennage
Dihedral
Stall
Maneuverability
20. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Elevator
Flaps
Jingle
Lateral Axis...
21. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Angle of Attack
Aspect Ratio
Weight
Center of Gravity
22. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
High hypersonic
Keel Effect
Helicopter
Roll
23. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Wing
Aeronautics
Lift
Boundary Layer
24. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Lateral Axis...
Keel Effect
Glider
Static Stability
25. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Powerplant
Aerodynamics
Leading Edge
Aerospace
26. 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.
Aerospace
Rudder
Horizontal Stabilizer
Airplane
27. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Drones
Hot Air Balloon
Infomercial
Reynolds Number
28. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Infomercial
Controllability
Fuselage
Reynolds Number
29. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Airplane
Pitch
Flaps
Subsonic
30. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Pitch
Drones
Trailing Edge
Drag
31. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Reynolds Number
Aeronautics
Aerodynamics
Controllability
32. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Center of Gravity
Lateral Axis...
Space Shuttle
Drones
33. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Empennage
Weight
Aeronautics
Drag
34. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Infomercial
Drones
Center of Gravity
35. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Aileron
Boundary Layer
Thrust
Supersonic
36. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Fuselage
Maneuverability
Glider
Rudder
37. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Subsonic
Storyboard
Helicopter
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
38. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Drones
Airplane
Boundary Layer
Controllability
39. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Stability
M
Storyboard
Boundary Layer
40. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Aerospace Engineer
High hypersonic
Supersonic
Angle of Attack
41. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Wing
Yaw
Supersonic
Aeronautics
42. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Aerospace Engineer
Airplane
Aerospace
Maneuverability
43. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Supersonic
Wing Planform
Aerospace Engineer
Empennage
44. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Cockpit
Angle of Attack
Seaplane
Empennage
45. To set or thrust in motion.
Sailplane
Aerospace Engineer
Launch
Subsonic
46. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Hypersonic
Wing Span
Angle of Attack
Vertical Axis...
47. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Lift
Center of Gravity
Maneuverability
Rocket
48. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Space Shuttle
Aerospace Engineer
Flaps
Keel Effect
49. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Wing
Aileron
Yaw
Longitudinal Axis...
50. 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
Supersonic
Controllability
Wash In/Wash Out