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