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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Maneuverability
Keel Effect
Seaplane
Reynolds Number
2. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Slogan
Vertical Axis...
Empennage
3. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Hypersonic
Cockpit
Lift
Yaw
4. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Drag
Boundary Layer
High hypersonic
Rudder
5. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Flaps
Seaplane
Wing Planform
Elevator
6. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Aerospace Engineer
Aerodynamics
Powerplant
Aileron
7. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Airplane
Space Shuttle
Wing Span
Pitch
8. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Drag
Airfoil
Jingle
Script
9. Design machines that fly.
Sailplane
Aerospace Engineer
Storyboard
Lift
10. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Infomercial
Glider
Rocket
Horizontal Stabilizer
11. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Elevator
Taper
Static Stability
Center of Gravity
12. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Roll
High hypersonic
Rudder
13. To set or thrust in motion.
Airship
Launch
Elevator
Wing
14. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Jingle
Aerodynamics
Wing Planform
Rocket
15. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Drones
Subsonic
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Fuselage
16. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Drag
Aeronautics
Wing
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
17. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Rudder
High hypersonic
Dihedral
Supersonic
18. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Horizontal Stabilizer
Aileron
Drag
Flaps
19. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Rocket
Yaw
Airfoil
Infomercial
20. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Airship
Keel Effect
Powerplant
Sailplane
21. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Glider
Empennage
Yaw
Hypersonic
22. 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.
Launch
Airplane
Flaps
Keel Effect
23. 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.
Airplane
Storyboard
Horizontal Stabilizer
Lift
24. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Drag
Supersonic
Vertical Axis...
Sailplane
25. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Stability
Airfoil
Reynolds Number
Dihedral
26. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Static Stability
Infomercial
Center of Gravity
Drag
27. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Cockpit
Aeronautics
Empennage
Longitudinal Axis...
28. 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.
M
Taper
Aerospace Engineer
Stability
29. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Aerodynamics
Hypersonic
Hot Air Balloon
Script
30. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Controllability
Sailplane
Longitudinal Axis...
Infomercial
31. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Infomercial
Boundary Layer
Fuselage
Rocket
32. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Drag
Roll
Angle of Attack
Yaw
33. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Helicopter
Dihedral
Seaplane
Jingle
34. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Seaplane
Reynolds Number
M
Leading Edge
35. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Launch
Drag
Airship
36. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Lift
Empennage
Airfoil
Yaw
37. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Lapse Rate
Cockpit
Reynolds Number
Flaps
38. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Wing Span
Stall
Helicopter
Rocket
39. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Dynamic Stability
Maneuverability
Wing
Lapse Rate
40. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Elevator
Roll
Aspect Ratio
Powerplant
41. 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.
Aerospace Engineer
Boundary Layer
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Longitudinal Axis...
42. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Elevator
Jingle
Fuselage
43. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
High hypersonic
Rudder
Hot Air Balloon
Aerospace
44. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Airplane
High hypersonic
Roll
Seaplane
45. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Drones
Aspect Ratio
Empennage
Dynamic Stability
46. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Weight
Dynamic Stability
Airship
Center of Gravity
47. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Flaps
Weight
Dynamic Stability
Stability
48. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Drones
Stability
Empennage
Glider
49. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Empennage
Fuselage
Pitch
Glider
50. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Angle of Attack
Reynolds Number
Thrust