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Aerospace Engineering
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1. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Trailing Edge
Glider
Dynamic Stability
Aileron
2. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Supersonic
Leading Edge
Keel Effect
Subsonic
3. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Elevator
Lapse Rate
Lift
Seaplane
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.
Aileron
Hot Air Balloon
Aspect Ratio
Elevator
5. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Fuselage
Aerospace Engineer
Flaps
Helicopter
6. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Supersonic
Rudder
High hypersonic
Pitch
7. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Infomercial
Taper
Trailing Edge
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
8. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Wing
Aileron
Sailplane
Longitudinal Axis...
9. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Jingle
Storyboard
Boundary Layer
Aileron
10. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Taper
Keel Effect
Jingle
Longitudinal Axis...
11. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Launch
Thrust
Rudder
Weight
12. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Roll
Taper
Vertical Axis...
Lateral Axis...
13. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Yaw
Aerodynamics
Aerospace Engineer
Aileron
14. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Drag
Rudder
Wing Span
15. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Airplane
Jingle
Drones
Flaps
16. 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.
Wash In/Wash Out
Storyboard
Helicopter
Rocket
17. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Storyboard
Lateral Axis...
Glider
Lift
18. Design machines that fly.
Cockpit
Aerospace Engineer
Pitch
Lateral Axis...
19. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Aeronautics
Roll
Lapse Rate
Space Shuttle
20. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Stall
Drones
Reynolds Number
Wing Span
21. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Aerodynamics
Controllability
Maneuverability
Center of Gravity
22. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Center of Gravity
M
Seaplane
High hypersonic
23. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Weight
Aerodynamics
Aspect Ratio
Powerplant
24. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Stability
Aileron
Aerospace Engineer
Seaplane
25. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Stall
Rocket
Helicopter
Maneuverability
26. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Storyboard
Airship
High hypersonic
Lateral Axis...
27. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Glider
Vertical Axis...
Wing Planform
Yaw
28. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Dihedral
Empennage
Horizontal Stabilizer
Fuselage
29. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Infomercial
Center of Gravity
Space Shuttle
Taper
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.
Lift
Aerospace Engineer
Flaps
Aeronautics
31. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Empennage
Sailplane
Airfoil
Slogan
32. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
M
Controllability
Helicopter
Dihedral
33. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Glider
Hot Air Balloon
Wing Planform
Aeronautics
34. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Lapse Rate
Wash In/Wash Out
Static Stability
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
35. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Aerodynamics
Helicopter
Controllability
Airship
36. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Static Stability
Lift
Angle of Attack
Glider
37. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Storyboard
Aerodynamics
Launch
38. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Longitudinal Axis...
Yaw
Hot Air Balloon
Empennage
39. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Wing Planform
Script
Static Stability
Keel Effect
40. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Sailplane
Drag
Yaw
Lateral Axis...
41. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Flaps
Helicopter
Drag
Powerplant
42. To set or thrust in motion.
Launch
Pitch
Taper
Longitudinal Axis...
43. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Glider
Airship
Subsonic
44. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Leading Edge
Maneuverability
Dihedral
Center of Gravity
45. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Wing Planform
Cockpit
Reynolds Number
Hypersonic
46. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Infomercial
Boundary Layer
Dynamic Stability
Supersonic
47. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Cockpit
Subsonic
Airplane
48. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Sailplane
Aeronautics
M
Yaw
49. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Pitch
Yaw
Empennage
Weight
50. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Elevator
Slogan
Boundary Layer
Powerplant
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