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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.






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






3. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.






11. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.






12. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.






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






14. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.






15. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.






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






17. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.






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






19. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.






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






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






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






23. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.






24. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.






25. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.






26. Design machines that fly.






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






28. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.






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






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






31. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.






32. A glider designed for sustained flight.






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.






40. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.






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






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






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 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.






45. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.






46. To set or thrust in motion.






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






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






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






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