WorksheetsAirplane parts
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Small hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate rolling motion of a plane are called:
ailerons
rudders
flaps
elevators
Any surface, such as a wing, that produces aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air is called:
leading edge
pitch
airfoil
wing
Space in a fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot and sometimes passengers:
fuselage
cockpit
sitting area
lounge
Rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down motion of the nose of the aircraft:
aileron
rudder
flaps
elevator
Tail assembly of the aircraft including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, as well as the elevators and rudders:
cockpit
power plant
empennage
airfoil
Control surfaces of a wing attached nearest the fuselage on the trailing edge of the wing that increase the lift efficiency of a wing and decrease stall speed:
ailerons
flaps
elevators
leading edge
It houses the cockpit, cabin and the hold and is a common attachment point for other major components:
undercarriage
empennage
wings
hull
Aircraft designed to fly without an engine:
Cessna
USS Arizona
Boeing 747
glider
Structure that creates up and down forces at the tail end of a plane. The structure is horizontal but creates vertical forces:
rudder
horizontal stabilizer
vertical stabilizer
elevator
Control surface on the front of a wing that catches the wind first:
aileron
flap
leading edge
slot
Structure that consists of both the engine and the propeller:
turbo jet
power plant
battery
wing
Control surface which is the last point airflow reacts with the wing:
leading edge
trailing edge
winglet
rudder
Control surface on the vertical stabilizer that adjusts directional change:
rudder
elevator
vertical stabilizer
flap
Airfoil that generates lift perpendicular to the fuselage:
horizontal stabilizer
vertical stabilizer
wing
cabin
A movable control surface on the front, leading edge of the wing:
flap
spoiler
aileron
slat
A part of the wing furthest away from the fuselage, located on the wingtip:
slat
aileron
winglet
spoiler
This type of landing gear is used for landing on water surfaces (synonym is pontoon):
tricycle
floats
skis
flap
These control surfaces located on the top of each wing are used immediately on landing to greatly reduce lift and increase drag (synonym is lift dumper):
spoilers
slats
flaps
ailerons
The four aerodynamic forces that influence an aircraft in flight are:
lift, weight, drag, propulsion
lift, gravity, resistance, thrust
elevator, weight, drag, propulsion
lift, gravity, drag, thrust
The forwardmost section of an aircraft, specially shaped to minimize aerodynamic drag (synonym is radome):
nose wheel
nose cone
cockpit
nose gear
