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Aerospace Engineering
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1. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Thrust
Aspect Ratio
Keel Effect
Flaps
2. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Pitch
Wing
Boundary Layer
3. 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.
Wing Planform
Controllability
Stability
Jingle
4. 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.
Airship
Roll
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Infomercial
5. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Aeronautics
Controllability
Rocket
Dynamic Stability
6. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Roll
Script
Airfoil
7. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Static Stability
Pitch
Drag
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
8. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Taper
Stall
Slogan
Yaw
9. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Angle of Attack
Rudder
M
Helicopter
10. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Lift
Hypersonic
Trailing Edge
11. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Dynamic Stability
Empennage
Rudder
Aeronautics
12. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Seaplane
Sailplane
Rudder
Taper
13. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Vertical Axis...
Helicopter
Rocket
Lift
14. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Stall
Reynolds Number
Lapse Rate
Longitudinal Axis...
15. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Jingle
Airplane
Slogan
Aileron
16. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Launch
Weight
Subsonic
17. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Maneuverability
Thrust
Lift
18. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Roll
Wing Span
Supersonic
Sailplane
19. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Maneuverability
Controllability
Wash In/Wash Out
Storyboard
20. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Aileron
Keel Effect
Powerplant
Weight
21. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Flaps
Dynamic Stability
Yaw
22. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Center of Gravity
Dihedral
M
Fuselage
23. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Static Stability
Hypersonic
Glider
Helicopter
24. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Subsonic
Drones
Horizontal Stabilizer
Wash In/Wash Out
25. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Infomercial
Glider
Stability
Space Shuttle
26. 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.
Yaw
Script
Wash In/Wash Out
Leading Edge
27. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Drag
Pitch
Maneuverability
Rocket
28. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Aileron
Drag
Script
Taper
29. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Static Stability
Thrust
Wing
Jingle
30. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Thrust
Longitudinal Axis...
Helicopter
Controllability
31. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Aspect Ratio
Trailing Edge
Taper
Aeronautics
32. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Longitudinal Axis...
Powerplant
Aspect Ratio
Center of Gravity
33. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Wing Planform
Seaplane
Wing Span
Leading Edge
34. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Lift
Script
Aeronautics
Longitudinal Axis...
35. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Flaps
Cockpit
Empennage
Dihedral
36. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Airplane
Infomercial
Rocket
Static Stability
37. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Weight
Drones
Stall
Rocket
38. To set or thrust in motion.
Cockpit
Launch
Weight
Controllability
39. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Lift
Wing Span
High hypersonic
40. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Lapse Rate
Lateral Axis...
Drones
Longitudinal Axis...
41. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Jingle
Horizontal Stabilizer
Roll
Hypersonic
42. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Wash In/Wash Out
Boundary Layer
Seaplane
Hypersonic
43. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Airship
Wing
Stability
Slogan
44. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Aeronautics
Fuselage
Drag
Roll
45. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Aeronautics
Drones
Supersonic
Leading Edge
46. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Keel Effect
Flaps
Launch
47. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airplane
Boundary Layer
Airfoil
Slogan
48. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Yaw
Thrust
Angle of Attack
Space Shuttle
49. 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.
Flaps
Stall
Dihedral
Glider
50. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Elevator
Leading Edge
Aeronautics
Controllability