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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Reynolds Number
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aileron
Roll
2. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Maneuverability
Vertical Axis...
Wash In/Wash Out
Storyboard
3. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Lateral Axis...
Wing Span
Angle of Attack
Dynamic Stability
4. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Dihedral
Horizontal Stabilizer
Seaplane
Stall
5. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Taper
Wing
Hypersonic
Roll
6. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Thrust
Stall
Sailplane
Wash In/Wash Out
7. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Launch
Dynamic Stability
Hot Air Balloon
Pitch
8. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Wing Planform
Aeronautics
Dihedral
Storyboard
9. 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
Glider
Aeronautics
10. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Airship
Airplane
Center of Gravity
Stall
11. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Lift
Hot Air Balloon
Leading Edge
Airplane
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.
Seaplane
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Hot Air Balloon
Controllability
13. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Storyboard
Drones
Maneuverability
Stability
14. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Empennage
Drones
Supersonic
Hot Air Balloon
15. 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.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Slogan
Horizontal Stabilizer
Infomercial
16. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Controllability
Space Shuttle
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Reynolds Number
17. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Static Stability
Script
Supersonic
Center of Gravity
18. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Wash In/Wash Out
Airfoil
Empennage
Dihedral
19. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Script
Center of Gravity
Stability
Stall
20. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Subsonic
Stability
Sailplane
Airfoil
21. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Lift
Keel Effect
Aerodynamics
Airfoil
22. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Keel Effect
Airplane
Helicopter
Cockpit
23. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Seaplane
Roll
Reynolds Number
Horizontal Stabilizer
24. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Roll
Lateral Axis...
Stall
Aileron
25. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Aerospace
Drones
Aeronautics
Glider
26. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Aspect Ratio
Fuselage
Script
Infomercial
27. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Empennage
Longitudinal Axis...
Fuselage
28. To set or thrust in motion.
Aeronautics
Dihedral
Launch
High hypersonic
29. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Storyboard
Vertical Axis...
Powerplant
Dihedral
30. Design machines that fly.
Hot Air Balloon
Aspect Ratio
Empennage
Aerospace Engineer
31. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Airship
Yaw
Helicopter
Roll
32. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Rocket
Horizontal Stabilizer
Wash In/Wash Out
Drag
33. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Supersonic
Rudder
Keel Effect
Powerplant
34. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Vertical Axis...
Launch
Slogan
35. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Wing Span
Thrust
Center of Gravity
Taper
36. 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.
Airplane
Stability
Wing Span
Angle of Attack
37. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Longitudinal Axis...
Aeronautics
Aileron
Jingle
38. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Subsonic
Aspect Ratio
Script
Controllability
39. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Storyboard
High hypersonic
Dynamic Stability
40. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Roll
Aeronautics
Hypersonic
Airfoil
41. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Wing Span
Lift
Aspect Ratio
Slogan
42. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Airplane
Storyboard
Longitudinal Axis...
Boundary Layer
43. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Thrust
Trailing Edge
Reynolds Number
Seaplane
44. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Storyboard
Drones
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Infomercial
45. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Controllability
Taper
Yaw
46. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Sailplane
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Lateral Axis...
47. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Controllability
M
Space Shuttle
Center of Gravity
48. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Angle of Attack
Lateral Axis...
Hot Air Balloon
49. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Boundary Layer
Script
Yaw
High hypersonic
50. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Taper
Cockpit
Static Stability
Supersonic