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Aerospace Engineering
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1. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
M
Controllability
Wash In/Wash Out
Storyboard
2. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Angle of Attack
Aerospace
Thrust
Stability
3. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Wing Planform
Lift
Empennage
4. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Center of Gravity
Aileron
Controllability
Airfoil
5. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Sailplane
Wing
Wing Planform
Storyboard
6. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Aileron
Cockpit
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Static Stability
7. Design machines that fly.
Infomercial
Aerospace Engineer
Yaw
Slogan
8. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Aspect Ratio
Jingle
Weight
Lateral Axis...
9. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Fuselage
Maneuverability
Center of Gravity
Space Shuttle
10. 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.
Stability
Dynamic Stability
Thrust
Lateral Axis...
11. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Lateral Axis...
Helicopter
Slogan
Elevator
12. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
M
Lateral Axis...
Drag
Storyboard
13. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Longitudinal Axis...
Wing Planform
High hypersonic
Cockpit
14. 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.
Angle of Attack
Maneuverability
Supersonic
Flaps
15. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Controllability
Reynolds Number
Storyboard
Lapse Rate
16. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Seaplane
Roll
Static Stability
Subsonic
17. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Airfoil
Roll
Cockpit
18. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Reynolds Number
Airship
Yaw
Drag
19. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Keel Effect
Controllability
Elevator
20. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Drones
Keel Effect
Dihedral
Taper
21. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Helicopter
Wing
Center of Gravity
Wing Planform
22. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Yaw
Seaplane
Stability
Center of Gravity
23. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Flaps
Elevator
Empennage
Pitch
24. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Supersonic
Stability
Slogan
Roll
25. To set or thrust in motion.
Powerplant
Aerospace
Launch
Wash In/Wash Out
26. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Keel Effect
Infomercial
Reynolds Number
Aileron
27. 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.
Leading Edge
Longitudinal Axis...
Horizontal Stabilizer
Infomercial
28. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Airplane
Wing
Airship
29. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Airfoil
Dynamic Stability
Maneuverability
Trailing Edge
30. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Yaw
Aeronautics
Center of Gravity
Rocket
31. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Sailplane
Slogan
Stall
Aerodynamics
32. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Aileron
Thrust
Aerodynamics
Rudder
33. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Thrust
Controllability
Aerospace
34. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Roll
Lapse Rate
Wing Span
Aileron
35. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
High hypersonic
Launch
Stall
Boundary Layer
36. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Space Shuttle
Wing
Lateral Axis...
Boundary Layer
37. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Wing Planform
Lift
Lateral Axis...
High hypersonic
38. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Seaplane
Rocket
Storyboard
Hot Air Balloon
39. 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
Boundary Layer
Elevator
M
40. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Angle of Attack
Jingle
Powerplant
Aerodynamics
41. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Dynamic Stability
High hypersonic
Sailplane
Dihedral
42. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Hypersonic
Leading Edge
Maneuverability
Taper
43. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Elevator
Cockpit
Center of Gravity
Storyboard
44. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Dynamic Stability
Aerospace Engineer
Vertical Axis...
Controllability
45. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Taper
Trailing Edge
Longitudinal Axis...
Cockpit
46. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
M
Leading Edge
Pitch
Taper
47. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Maneuverability
Aeronautics
Sailplane
Elevator
48. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Roll
Wing Span
Thrust
Yaw
49. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Infomercial
Leading Edge
Elevator
50. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Hot Air Balloon
Boundary Layer
Wing Planform