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Aerospace Engineering
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1. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Supersonic
Thrust
Maneuverability
Dihedral
2. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Rudder
Lateral Axis...
Lift
Storyboard
3. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Weight
Dynamic Stability
Aeronautics
Dihedral
4. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Trailing Edge
Keel Effect
Space Shuttle
Aerospace
5. 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.
Aspect Ratio
Aeronautics
Horizontal Stabilizer
Wing Span
6. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Aspect Ratio
Drones
Roll
Airplane
7. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Aspect Ratio
Stall
Stability
Powerplant
8. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Space Shuttle
Center of Gravity
Drones
Horizontal Stabilizer
9. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Stability
Hypersonic
Keel Effect
Airplane
10. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Aeronautics
Stability
Keel Effect
Hypersonic
11. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Hot Air Balloon
Yaw
Lateral Axis...
Thrust
12. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Longitudinal Axis...
Seaplane
Aerospace Engineer
Weight
13. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Seaplane
Supersonic
Stall
Aeronautics
14. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Drag
Lateral Axis...
Center of Gravity
Leading Edge
15. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Infomercial
Aerospace Engineer
Static Stability
Hot Air Balloon
16. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Dynamic Stability
Angle of Attack
Empennage
Jingle
17. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Aerodynamics
Helicopter
Airplane
Subsonic
18. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Maneuverability
Leading Edge
Subsonic
Lapse Rate
19. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Elevator
Static Stability
Aeronautics
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
20. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Yaw
Wing
Lapse Rate
Controllability
21. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Aileron
Wing Span
M
22. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aeronautics
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aerospace
M
23. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Controllability
Aileron
Hot Air Balloon
Seaplane
24. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Script
Storyboard
Infomercial
Boundary Layer
25. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Pitch
Rocket
Launch
Taper
26. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Maneuverability
High hypersonic
M
27. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Taper
Glider
Rudder
Hot Air Balloon
28. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Storyboard
Airfoil
Empennage
29. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
High hypersonic
Aspect Ratio
Boundary Layer
30. 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.
Elevator
Empennage
Flaps
Center of Gravity
31. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Supersonic
Taper
Script
Weight
32. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Empennage
Airship
Sailplane
Wing Span
33. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Supersonic
M
Aileron
Glider
34. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Angle of Attack
Dynamic Stability
Drag
35. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Aileron
Roll
Space Shuttle
Script
36. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Vertical Axis...
Keel Effect
Maneuverability
Launch
37. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Stall
Taper
Weight
Wash In/Wash Out
38. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Leading Edge
Horizontal Stabilizer
Cockpit
Infomercial
39. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Leading Edge
Yaw
Angle of Attack
40. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Sailplane
High hypersonic
Dynamic Stability
Thrust
41. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Hot Air Balloon
Empennage
Dynamic Stability
Drones
42. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Supersonic
Vertical Axis...
Maneuverability
Horizontal Stabilizer
43. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Yaw
Horizontal Stabilizer
Rudder
Vertical Axis...
44. 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.
Airplane
Airfoil
Wash In/Wash Out
Center of Gravity
45. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Glider
Boundary Layer
Subsonic
Elevator
46. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Elevator
Rudder
Wing Planform
Fuselage
47. To set or thrust in motion.
Leading Edge
Rudder
Launch
Aileron
48. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Rudder
Pitch
Wing Span
Rocket
49. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Dihedral
Aeronautics
Wing
High hypersonic
50. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Sailplane
Controllability
Boundary Layer
Static Stability