Lab Principles 1
This is Newton's Third Law.
BONUS 100 pts for each of his other laws you can name.
What is "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"?
1st LAW: An object at rest tends to stay at rest until acted upon by an external force.
2nd LAW: F=ma
These are the two main types of drag.
What are parasite and induced drag?
This is the type of spacecraft burn that will expand your orbital path.
What is a prograde burn?
This is decaying organic material that can be added to soil to improve its nutrients and ability to retain moisture.
BONUS 100 pts if you can name at least two forms we used specifically for our planters
What is compost?
BONUS: egg shells, worms, vegetable scraps
This is the ceiling based on the following reported cloud cover: FEW030 SCT045 BKN150 OVC250
What is 15,000 ft?
________ energy is stored energy, while _______ energy is energy being released.
What are "potential" and "kinetic" respectively?
This is the binary sum of 0001 and 0101.
What is 0110?
When it comes to magnetism, _______ poles will attract, while ________ poles will repel.
What are "opposite" and "similar" respectively?
This is the point on an orbital path where the spacecraft is the slowest.
What is the apogee/apoapsis?
When looking at airport information on a VFR sectional chart, this symbol tells us that a particular airport has pilot-controlled lighting available.
What is an asterisk (*) next to the "L"?
The greater the surface area of an object, the greater the __________ drag.
What is "parasite"?
The greater the lift produced by an object, the greater the _________ drag.
What is "induced"?
When it comes to compressibility, air is ________ while water and most other liquids in general is ________.
What are "compressible" and "incompressible" respectively?
In Greek mythology, these are the things that Artemis is the goddess of.
(name at least one)
What are the hunt, wilderness, archery, and the moon?
This the simple formula used to calculate your CG.
What is (Total Moment) / (Total Weight) = CG?
This is the name of the STRONGER catalyst that we used to make elephant toothpaste.
What is Potassium Iodide?
This is the binary form of the number 15.
What is 01111?
When it comes to wing design/configuration, these are the two characteristics we learned about that can help increase an aircraft's STABILITY.
200 pts for each one you can name- 400 pts total.
What are high-wing and dihedral?
These are the two primary logic gates that make up an adder.
What are XOR and AND gates?
When it comes to weight and balance, this is the name of the point that arm lengths are measured from. (It is decided by the manufacturer)
BONUS 200 pts if you can name a typical aircraft location manufacturers use as this point.
What is the datum/datum plane?
BONUS: Firewall, tip of the nose, a few inches forward of the tip of the nose
This is the chemical formula for Hydrogen Peroxide.
What is H2O2?
I-Beams are a popular structural shape because instead of relying on bending stress, they rely on this other type of stress which is a lot more difficult to deform.
What is shear stress?
These are two benefits of canted/cambered wheels that we learned about.
What are "less ground friction" and "easier alignment"?
When an orbit's eccentricity value is equal to or greater than 1, it goes from an elliptical path to a _______ path.
What is parabolic?
This is the name of the L-shaped mechanical linkage used to redirect pushrod movement perpendicularly.
What is a bell crank?