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
This is an engineer's favorite shape.
What is a triangle?
Translate: "Waar is dit logo van?"
What is this logo/Where is this logo from?
When talking to ATC, this is the specific person you would contact for taxi instructions.
Who is ground?
This is what the "E" stands for in Mr. E.
BONUS 100 pts if you know his last name.
What is "Elijah"?
BONUS: Sigua
________ energy is stored energy, while _______ energy is energy being released.
What are "potential" and "kinetic" respectively?
These are the two main types of drag.
What are parasite and induced drag?
When it comes to magnetism, _______ poles will attract, while ________ poles will repel.
What are "opposite" and "similar" respectively?
These are the two words you use when VERBALLY describing longitude and latitude coordinates.
What are "degrees" and "minutes"?
This is the name of the school where Mr. E went to college.
What is Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU)?
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?
This is the ceiling based on the following reported cloud cover: FEW030 SCT045 BKN150 OVC250
What is 15,000 ft?
This is the name of Mr. E's band in college.
What is SPF-50?
This is the type of aspect ratio we want our wings to be in order to more efficiently produce lift even at slower airspeeds (aka make a better glider).
What is a HIGH aspect ratio?
This is the name of the STRONGER catalyst that we used to make elephant toothpaste.
What is Potassium Iodide?
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?
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"?
These are all of Mr. E's licenses and ratings that he currently has.
What is Private Pilot License (PPL), Commercial Pilot License (CPL), Instrument Rating, & Multi-Engine Rating?
This is the chemical formula for Hydrogen Peroxide.
What is H2O2?
I-Beams are a popular structural shape because they convert bending stress into this other type of stress which is a lot stronger.
What is tensile stress?
These are the three sub-types of parasite drag.
(You can get the 500 pts if you can at least name two of them OR 200 pts if you can only name one of them. 3000 pts if you can name all three AND accurately describe what they mean.)
What are FORM drag, INTERFERENCE drag, and SKIN-FRICTION drag?
FORM: size/shape of the object
INTERFERENCE: turbulent airflow caused by "connecting points"
SKIN-FRICTION: roughness of the object's skin
In the remarks section of a METAR, this fun symbol tells us that the METAR equipment is in need of maintenance.
BONUS 1000 pts: This is the extremely stupid but official FAA-recognized term that the acronym METAR stands for.
What is "$"?
BONUS: "Aviation Routine Weather Report"
This is Mr. E's favorite band of all time.
Who are The Beatles?