PLTW Aerospace Engineering Unit 1 Vocab with 100% Correct Answers | Verified
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Aerospace Engineer - ☑️☑️Develops new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space
exploration, often specializing in areas such as structural design, guidance, navigation and control,
instrumentation and communication, and production methods.
Aircraft - ☑️☑️A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air.
Air Traffic Control (ATC) - ☑️☑️A system is to prevent a collision between aircraft operating in the system and
to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide support for National Security and Homeland
Defense.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - ☑️☑️An operating mode of the Department of Transportation
responsible for the safety of civil aviation.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - ☑️☑️The United States government agency that is
responsible for science and technology related to air and space.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) - ☑️☑️From March 3, 1915 until October 1, 1958, this
organization provided advice and carried out much of the cutting-edge research in aeronautics in the United
States.
Aileron - ☑️☑️Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling
motion for an aircraft.
Cockpit - ☑️☑️The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot, and
sometimes passengers.
Elevator - ☑️☑️A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
, Empennage - ☑️☑️The tail assembly of an aircraft, including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, elevators
and rudder.
Flaps - ☑️☑️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.
Fuselage - ☑️☑️Houses the cabin, the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major
components.
Wing - ☑️☑️Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Rudder - ☑️☑️A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side-to-side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Spar - ☑️☑️The main structural member of the wing, running spanwise at right angles (or thereabouts
depending on wing sweep) to the fuselage.
Powerplant - ☑️☑️Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Vertical Stabilizer - ☑️☑️A structure that creates left to right forces to keep the fuselage aligned in yaw with
the relative wind. The structure itself is vertical while the forces it creates are horizontal.
Horizontal Stabilizer - ☑️☑️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.
Longitudinal Axis - ☑️☑️A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's
center of gravity.
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Aerospace Engineer - ☑️☑️Develops new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space
exploration, often specializing in areas such as structural design, guidance, navigation and control,
instrumentation and communication, and production methods.
Aircraft - ☑️☑️A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air.
Air Traffic Control (ATC) - ☑️☑️A system is to prevent a collision between aircraft operating in the system and
to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide support for National Security and Homeland
Defense.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - ☑️☑️An operating mode of the Department of Transportation
responsible for the safety of civil aviation.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - ☑️☑️The United States government agency that is
responsible for science and technology related to air and space.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) - ☑️☑️From March 3, 1915 until October 1, 1958, this
organization provided advice and carried out much of the cutting-edge research in aeronautics in the United
States.
Aileron - ☑️☑️Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling
motion for an aircraft.
Cockpit - ☑️☑️The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot, and
sometimes passengers.
Elevator - ☑️☑️A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
, Empennage - ☑️☑️The tail assembly of an aircraft, including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, elevators
and rudder.
Flaps - ☑️☑️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.
Fuselage - ☑️☑️Houses the cabin, the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major
components.
Wing - ☑️☑️Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Rudder - ☑️☑️A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side-to-side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Spar - ☑️☑️The main structural member of the wing, running spanwise at right angles (or thereabouts
depending on wing sweep) to the fuselage.
Powerplant - ☑️☑️Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Vertical Stabilizer - ☑️☑️A structure that creates left to right forces to keep the fuselage aligned in yaw with
the relative wind. The structure itself is vertical while the forces it creates are horizontal.
Horizontal Stabilizer - ☑️☑️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.
Longitudinal Axis - ☑️☑️A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's
center of gravity.
