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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Helicopter
Seaplane
Dihedral
Static Stability
2. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Wash In/Wash Out
Wing Span
Boundary Layer
3. 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.
Dynamic Stability
Wash In/Wash Out
Keel Effect
Seaplane
4. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Airplane
Storyboard
Dynamic Stability
High hypersonic
5. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Weight
Seaplane
Wing Planform
Elevator
6. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Taper
Weight
Aerospace Engineer
Aeronautics
7. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Wing
Angle of Attack
Airship
Aileron
8. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Maneuverability
Aeronautics
Wing Span
9. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Hypersonic
Roll
Space Shuttle
Reynolds Number
10. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Weight
Script
Lapse Rate
Maneuverability
11. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Aerospace Engineer
Taper
Vertical Axis...
Glider
12. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Airplane
Drag
Empennage
Airship
13. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
M
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Roll
14. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Weight
Airfoil
Powerplant
Stability
15. Design machines that fly.
Drones
Empennage
Aerospace Engineer
Glider
16. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Aerodynamics
Static Stability
Aeronautics
Maneuverability
17. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Thrust
Empennage
Maneuverability
Dihedral
18. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
Keel Effect
Aeronautics
Longitudinal Axis...
19. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Airfoil
Longitudinal Axis...
Reynolds Number
Lateral Axis...
20. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Fuselage
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aerospace Engineer
Wing Span
21. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Weight
Pitch
Aileron
Leading Edge
22. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Wing Planform
Glider
Rudder
Space Shuttle
23. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Aerospace
Dynamic Stability
Keel Effect
Aileron
24. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Elevator
Boundary Layer
Dihedral
Subsonic
25. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Infomercial
Leading Edge
Center of Gravity
Aspect Ratio
26. To set or thrust in motion.
Storyboard
Launch
Wash In/Wash Out
Airplane
27. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Dynamic Stability
Subsonic
Infomercial
Glider
28. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Fuselage
Pitch
Center of Gravity
Stall
29. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Lapse Rate
Lift
Hot Air Balloon
Stall
30. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Slogan
Controllability
Aspect Ratio
Weight
31. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Lateral Axis...
Stability
Hypersonic
Supersonic
32. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Space Shuttle
Boundary Layer
Supersonic
Stall
33. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Longitudinal Axis...
Hypersonic
Script
Seaplane
34. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Boundary Layer
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Lateral Axis...
Stall
35. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Reynolds Number
Wing Planform
Trailing Edge
36. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Wing
Fuselage
Longitudinal Axis...
Trailing Edge
37. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Stability
Cockpit
Maneuverability
Controllability
38. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Empennage
Taper
Keel Effect
Glider
39. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Jingle
Glider
Supersonic
Keel Effect
40. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Wing Span
Vertical Axis...
Infomercial
Cockpit
41. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Boundary Layer
Powerplant
Angle of Attack
Subsonic
42. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Yaw
Hypersonic
Subsonic
Stall
43. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Aerospace
Trailing Edge
Longitudinal Axis...
Cockpit
44. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Space Shuttle
Keel Effect
Rocket
Wing Span
45. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Wing
Controllability
Aileron
46. 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.
High hypersonic
Airfoil
Flaps
Drag
47. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Center of Gravity
Jingle
Vertical Axis...
Static Stability
48. 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.
Seaplane
Wing
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Lateral Axis...
49. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Pitch
Helicopter
Stall
Lift
50. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Seaplane
Stall
Rudder
Aeronautics