MOOG Basics
Company known for producing flight-control systems and servo valves for aircrafts
What is MOOG?
The common single-aisle airliner family that Moog supplies parts for?
What is the Boeing 737?
Devices that produce motion to move control surfaces are called ___.
What are actuators?
Moog Inc. was founded in this country.
What is the United States?
These surfaces control roll by moving opposite each other on the wings: ___.
What are ailerons?
Moog’s products help move parts like ailerons and elevators. These are called ___.
What are flight control surfaces?
The four-engine turboprop transport that Moog supplies: the C-___ Hercules
What is the C-130 Hercules?
The digital control system that manages engine operation (acronym) is ___.
What is FADEC?
Moog Inc. was founded by this person.
Who is William C. Moog?
These hinged surfaces on the tail control pitch: ___.
What are elevators?
The precise valves Moog is famous for that control hydraulic flow are called ___ valves
What are servo valves?
The U.S. fighter nicknamed “Viper” that uses Moog systems: the F-___
What is the F-16?
These rotary electrical connectors pass signals across rotating joints: ___.
What are slip rings?
Moog supplied servo valves and systems used by this U.S. space agency: ___.
What is NASA?
This vertical tail surface controls yaw: ___.
What is the rudder?
An actuator that combines electronics and hydraulics inside a unit is often called an ___.
What is an electrohydraulic actuator?
The U.S. Army utility helicopter that uses Moog actuators: the UH-__ Black Hawk
What is the UH-60 Black Hawk?
A device that reports position or speed back to a control system is an ___.
What is a position sensor / LVDT?
Moog’s hydraulic products control the flow of this fluid used in aircraft systems: ___.
What is hydraulic fluid?
Trailing-edge devices that increase lift at low speed are called ___.
What are flaps?
What year was MOOG Inc. founded
What is 1951?
A European multi-role combat jet that uses Moog actuation systems: the __ Typhoon
What is the Eurofighter Typhoon?
An actuator that contains its own pump and hydraulic fluid is called an ___.
What is an electrohydrostatic actuator (EHA)
Moog’s corporate headquarters is in this town.
What is East Aurora, New York?
Leading-edge devices that help delay stall and increase lift are called ___.
What are slats?