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Aerospace Engineering
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1. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
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Aerospace
Dynamic Stability
Helicopter
2. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Boundary Layer
Lapse Rate
Pitch
Airplane
3. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Wing
Stall
High hypersonic
Keel Effect
4. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Keel Effect
Aeronautics
Rudder
Maneuverability
5. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
High hypersonic
Yaw
Rocket
Horizontal Stabilizer
6. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Aspect Ratio
Cockpit
Drones
Launch
7. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Aerospace Engineer
Static Stability
Leading Edge
Horizontal Stabilizer
8. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Lateral Axis...
Aerodynamics
Stability
Aeronautics
9. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Center of Gravity
M
Powerplant
Keel Effect
10. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Seaplane
Dihedral
Infomercial
Trailing Edge
11. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Seaplane
Angle of Attack
Wing
Longitudinal Axis...
12. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Aeronautics
Center of Gravity
Roll
Seaplane
13. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Maneuverability
Center of Gravity
Jingle
Supersonic
14. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Airfoil
Dihedral
Wing
15. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Wash In/Wash Out
Reynolds Number
Weight
Airfoil
16. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Jingle
Leading Edge
Empennage
Helicopter
17. 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.
M
Taper
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Airplane
18. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Supersonic
Wing Planform
Subsonic
19. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Center of Gravity
Maneuverability
Reynolds Number
Trailing Edge
20. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Aerospace Engineer
Vertical Axis...
Sailplane
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
21. To set or thrust in motion.
Launch
Aspect Ratio
Keel Effect
Dihedral
22. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Supersonic
Lift
Aeronautics
Controllability
23. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Lift
Wing
Airship
Dihedral
24. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
M
Glider
Jingle
Dihedral
25. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Weight
Controllability
Boundary Layer
Space Shuttle
26. 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.
Powerplant
Center of Gravity
Aerospace Engineer
Horizontal Stabilizer
27. 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.
Seaplane
Static Stability
Rudder
Wash In/Wash Out
28. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Trailing Edge
Boundary Layer
Drones
29. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Aeronautics
Rocket
Aerospace Engineer
Sailplane
30. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Hypersonic
Fuselage
Maneuverability
Lapse Rate
31. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Flaps
Aerospace Engineer
Elevator
Storyboard
32. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Stall
Aerospace Engineer
Lift
33. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Taper
Boundary Layer
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Lapse Rate
34. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Seaplane
Hot Air Balloon
Dynamic Stability
Controllability
35. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Wing Span
Lateral Axis...
Pitch
Thrust
36. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Controllability
Seaplane
Airplane
Yaw
37. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Wing Span
Slogan
Infomercial
38. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Aeronautics
Cockpit
Taper
Wing
39. Design machines that fly.
Storyboard
Lift
Aerospace Engineer
Airplane
40. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Flaps
Space Shuttle
Boundary Layer
Aerodynamics
41. 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.
Flaps
Aerospace
Taper
Glider
42. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Static Stability
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Supersonic
High hypersonic
43. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Lift
Elevator
Airplane
Vertical Axis...
44. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Wash In/Wash Out
Leading Edge
Weight
Center of Gravity
45. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Aerodynamics
Reynolds Number
Boundary Layer
Wing
46. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Seaplane
Wing Span
Slogan
Wing Planform
47. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Keel Effect
Sailplane
Wash In/Wash Out
M
48. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Airship
Drones
Center of Gravity
Powerplant
49. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Aileron
Static Stability
Trailing Edge
Powerplant
50. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Subsonic
Aeronautics
Aerodynamics
Storyboard