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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.






2. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.






3. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.






4. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.






5. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.






6. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.






7. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.






8. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.






9. A glider designed for sustained flight.






10. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.






11. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90






12. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.






13. The study or practice of travel through the air.






14. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.






15. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.






16. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.






17. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.






18. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.






19. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.






20. Design machines that fly.






21. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.






22. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.






23. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.






24. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.






25. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.






26. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.






27. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn






28. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.






29. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.






30. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.






31. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.






32. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.






33. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.






34. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.






35. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.






36. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.






37. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.






38. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.






39. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.






40. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.






41. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.






42. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.






47. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.






48. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.






49. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.






50. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects