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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A glider designed for sustained flight.






2. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.






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






4. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.






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






6. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.






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






8. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.






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






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






11. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.






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






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






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






15. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.






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






17. 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.






18. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.






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






20. Design machines that fly.






21. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.






22. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.






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






24. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. To set or thrust in motion.






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.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.






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






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






50. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.