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