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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Launch
Wing
Weight
Supersonic
2. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
M
Airship
Empennage
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
3. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Weight
Script
Dihedral
Aerodynamics
4. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Stability
Dynamic Stability
Wing Planform
Rudder
5. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Angle of Attack
Aeronautics
Lateral Axis...
Empennage
6. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Trailing Edge
Rudder
Thrust
Empennage
7. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Yaw
Rocket
Empennage
Dihedral
8. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Aeronautics
Sailplane
Aspect Ratio
9. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Vertical Axis...
Aeronautics
Angle of Attack
Pitch
10. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Trailing Edge
Roll
Drones
Airfoil
11. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Cockpit
Launch
Longitudinal Axis...
Center of Gravity
12. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Weight
Airship
Sailplane
Empennage
13. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Static Stability
Rocket
Powerplant
Aeronautics
14. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Angle of Attack
Jingle
M
Seaplane
15. To set or thrust in motion.
Wash In/Wash Out
Helicopter
Aerospace Engineer
Launch
16. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aspect Ratio
Aerospace
Rudder
Vertical Axis...
17. 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.
Storyboard
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Pitch
Controllability
18. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Elevator
Airship
Drag
Rudder
19. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Powerplant
Drones
Trailing Edge
Taper
20. 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.
Angle of Attack
Aeronautics
Wash In/Wash Out
Roll
21. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Slogan
Airfoil
Fuselage
Static Stability
22. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Maneuverability
Aerodynamics
Leading Edge
Dihedral
23. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Elevator
Lapse Rate
Rudder
24. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Keel Effect
M
Center of Gravity
Static Stability
25. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Aeronautics
Dynamic Stability
Yaw
Center of Gravity
26. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Stall
Aerospace
Rocket
Dihedral
27. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Taper
Lapse Rate
Controllability
Storyboard
28. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Aspect Ratio
Aerospace Engineer
Aeronautics
Boundary Layer
29. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Keel Effect
Empennage
Maneuverability
30. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Aileron
Center of Gravity
Stability
Aeronautics
31. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Elevator
Hot Air Balloon
Static Stability
32. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Reynolds Number
Hot Air Balloon
Subsonic
Airship
33. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Rocket
Center of Gravity
Airship
34. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Lapse Rate
Glider
Dynamic Stability
35. 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.
Dihedral
Stall
Wing
Stability
36. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Pitch
Wing Span
Lateral Axis...
Lapse Rate
37. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Yaw
Rocket
Fuselage
Wash In/Wash Out
38. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Cockpit
Aspect Ratio
Aerodynamics
Supersonic
39. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Stability
Static Stability
Center of Gravity
Stall
40. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
High hypersonic
Maneuverability
Infomercial
Aspect Ratio
41. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Hypersonic
Lift
Wing Span
Sailplane
42. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Rocket
Fuselage
Wing Span
M
43. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Aeronautics
Hot Air Balloon
Subsonic
Fuselage
44. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Sailplane
Rudder
Aspect Ratio
Wash In/Wash Out
45. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Airplane
Yaw
Weight
Rudder
46. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Rudder
Jingle
Space Shuttle
Yaw
47. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Powerplant
Hypersonic
Script
Trailing Edge
48. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Drag
Boundary Layer
Launch
Controllability
49. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Rocket
Subsonic
Helicopter
Thrust
50. 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.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Rocket
Launch
Airplane