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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.






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






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






9. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






24. To set or thrust in motion.






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






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






27. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.






42. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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