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Aerodynamics
Physics/electricity
Helicopters and History
Theory of flight
Rockets
100
Lift, Thrust, Weight, Drag.
What are the four forces that act on an aircraft?
100
Any reaction creates an opposite and equal reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law?
100

invented the powered plane

Who are the Wright brothers

100

Opposite to Thrust

Drag

100

Cylindrical object that uses combustion to move/accelerate off the ground.

Rocket

200
The imaginary line between the leading and trailing edge of the airfoil.
What is the Chord Line?
200

Flight works on 2 principles, what are they?

Newtons 3rd Law and Bernoulli's principle

200

First flight was this many seconds

12

200

Opposite to lift

Weight

200

The 2 types of fuel

Liquid and Solid

300

The term for the curvature of an Aerofoil

What is camber

300

What is energy in motion?

What is kinetic Energy

300
The term of a helicopter flying to the ground due to engine or power failure.
What is autorotation?
300

A point on a surface through which the resultant force due to pressure passes.

Centre of Pressure

300

Name of the rocket that was presented by Jocelyn

Defiance Mk. 2

400
The angle between the chord line and the relative wind.
What is the Angle of attack?
400

The shape used to maximize the bernoulli's principle

Aerofoil wing shape

400

First man to die in a powered plane?

Lt. Thomas Selfridge

400

A point from which the weight of a body or system may be considered to act.  

Centre of Gravity

400

Bottom heavy rockets are important because...

They allow for the stable flight to avoid spinout

500
The angle between the chordline of the fuselage and the chord line of the wing.
What is Angle of Incedence?
500
Gases of higher pressure tend to equalize with gases of lower pressure by flowing to the area of low pressure.
What is Bernoulli's Principle?
500

Original form of military surveillance before planes

What are hot air balloons
500

Two things that need to be in balance for a plane to actually fly well

CofG CofP

500

 Problem with Defiance Mk 2? The total length of the Defiance Mk. 3? and 

Parachute failure and 18ft