Space
What was the name of the first American female astronaut?
Sally Ride
What is the name of the world's fastest plane, which broke a record for speed in 1976?
SR-71, Blackbird
What is the primary assumption for incompressible flow?
Density stays constant
Professor Mohamed Hafez
What does CTOL mean when applied to aircraft?
Conventional take-off and landing
What was the name of the first manned spacecraft in the history of mankind?
Vostok 1
What is the name of the first practical fixed-wing aircraft?
The Wright Flyer III
What Mach number range denotes the supersonic regime?
1.3-5.0
100 points for 1.3
100 points for 5.0
Let's say you are a defense contractor looking to partner up with a UC Davis faculty on creating quiet helicopters. Which professor would you contact?
Professor Seongkyu Lee
The Mars 2020 Rover Mission may be taking a small, autonomous heavier-than-air vehicle with- what is this vehicle classified as?
(Hint: Drone is not accepted as an answer.)
A helicopter
(Rotorcraft is fine.)
How many years has the International Space Station been in orbit?
19 years (20 is acceptable)
The first powered flight was powered by what type of engine?
Steam engine
If you take a golf ball and examine it, you will see there are many small crevices along the surface- as opposed to a smooth surface. Why is this design aerodynamically favorable, and what phenomena is it trying to mitigate?
Boundary layer separation.
Professor Robinson stashed his tools in a lunchbox that he took with him to space. What character was featured on this lunchbox?
Space Cadet Corbett
What kind of aerodynamic effects would you consider if you had a wing made of fabric or a flexible material?
Aeroelastic effects
Satellites are often characterized by a parameter known as "eccentricity." What does orbital eccentricity tell us about an astronomical object?
The amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.
Which country's airforce flew the world's first turbojet aircraft?
Germany
These equations are the time-averaged equations of the equations that describe the motion of viscous fluid substances. They are primarily used to describe turbulence flows and a stress term is needed to close these equations- a necessity which has led to the birth of many turbulence models. What is the name of this equation for fluid flow?
Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS)
What is the name of the UC Davis MAE faculty who published a book on aerohydronautical power engineering in 2012?
Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn
Lockheed U-2
For the Cassini space probe that studied Mars, solar arrays were not sufficient power sources due to Saturn's distance from the sun. What was the source of power generation for Cassini? Must also explain how they work for the full 500, 250 for naming the power source.
Radio-isotope thermoelectric generators containing radioactive plutonium (in the form of plutonium dioxide) to generate electricity directly using thermoelectrics.
250 for Plutonium
250 for thermoelectrics
What powered the twin propellers for the first heavier-than-air aircraft flown at Kitty Hawk?
Sprocket chain drive
This high-frequency instability is caused by airflow separation or shockwave oscillations from one object striking another. It is experienced as a forced vibration affecting the tail unit due to airflow downstream of the wing, and is caused by a sudden impulse of load increasing. What is this phenomena called?
Buffeting
This UC Davis professor was interviewed for an article about a man who spent his life building a flying saucer. Quote Fox News this professor said in response: "Things spinning at those speeds are worrisome because of the stress from centrifugal force. If it's not properly designed and built, it will rip itself apart. I wouldn't want to stand next to it when it gets up to speed."
Professor van Dam
What is the name of the world's smallest jet at a wingspan of 14-21ft and weighs only 358 lbs?