Aerospace Review

Aerospace Engineering

• 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.

• Develops new technologies for use in the medical industry that focusses on flight safety and medical needs during space flight

• Develops new technologies for use in aviation, that is limited to airplanes and gliders only.

• Develops new technologies for use in 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.

• A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in outer space beyond an atmosphere

• Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.

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

Airfoil

• A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air.

• A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in outer space beyond an atmosphere

• Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.

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

Spacecraft

• A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air.

• A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in outer space beyond an atmosphere

• Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.

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

Angle of Attack

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

• Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.

• The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot, and sometimes passengers

• Houses the cabin, the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components

Aileron

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

• Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.

• The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot, and sometimes passengers

• Houses the cabin, the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components

Fuselage

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

• Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.

• The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot, and sometimes passengers

• Houses the cabin, the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components

Cockpit

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

• Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.

• The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot, and sometimes passengers

• Houses the cabin, the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components

Thrust

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

• The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.

• The horizontal direction to or from any point, usually measured clockwise from true north, magnetic north, or some other reference point through 360 degrees

• Measure of the speed of aircraft and boats measured as nautical mile per hour or 6076 feet per hour

Trailing edge

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

• The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.

• The horizontal direction to or from any point, usually measured clockwise from true north, magnetic north, or some other reference point through 360 degrees

• Measure of the speed of aircraft and boats measured as nautical mile per hour or 6076 feet per hour