Lecture 12: dream of flight

Question 1

who made the engine for the wright brothers?

Answer 1

Charles Taylor

Question 2

what are transonic speeds?

Answer 2

supersonic and subsonic airflows acting together

Question 3

what airplane changed the way built airplanes, conduct warfare, and travel today?

Answer 3

ME 262

Question 4

what did Zepplin use to make his airship?

Answer 4

hydrogen/silver paint (cuz they had no helium)

Question 5

what were the 3 innovations of the wright brothers?

Answer 5

1. long and narrow wings with curve
   
   1. good for low speed
2. control center
3. modern propellor

Question 6

who was/were the first to fly

Answer 6

Chinese

yuan huangtou

Question 7

who built the first jet plane that we know of?

Answer 7

Henry Coanda

(internal combustion car engine with a turbine)

Question 8

what aircraft still holds the speed reccord

Answer 8

SR 71 black bird

Question 9

what was the problem with Whittle’s engine?

Answer 9

no way of increasing power

Question 10

who capitalized on Schawrz’s design?

Answer 10

zepplin

Question 11

who was the english monk who attached wings to himself and tried to fly

Answer 11

Eilmer of malmesbury

Question 12

the ____ was the paradigm for the modern aircraft

Answer 12

Sikorsky S-22

Question 13

what are the 3 types of plane engines?

Answer 13

1. turbojet engine
   
   1. blades
   2. compressed air entering combustion chaimber
   3. exhaust powers flight (thrust)
2. Turbo Fan engine
   
   1. works on cold thrust
   2. quiet and efficient
3. Ramjet
   
   1. tube with fuel injector and spark plug
   2. no movable parts
   3. the faster you go, the more efficient it is

Question 14

first plane started with the ___ engine

Answer 14

steam

Question 15

who was responsible for the first company to produce jet engines?

Answer 15

Frank Whittle

Question 16

who made the Dirigible airship?

Answer 16

David Schwarz

Question 17

what was the first opperational passenger aircraftt?

Answer 17

Sikorsky S-22

Question 18

what doesnt the SR 71 have?

Answer 18

no armament

Question 19

who was responsible for the first mass produced aircraft engines?

Answer 19

Hans Von Ohain

Question 20

who was Ader? talk about his importance

Answer 20

• engine/propellor plane
• mono-wing with propellor, enclosed cockpit, and landing gear
  
  • But it never flew

Question 21

who made the worst technology every created?

Answer 21

Zepplin’s zepplin

Question 22

what airplane made by the wright brothers was strictly a war plane?

Answer 22

the flyer 3

Question 23

who was the french engineer who powered flight?

Answer 23

Henry Giffard

Question 24

the wright brothers plane became obsolete technology

Answer 24

True

Question 25

what lead to the creation of rocket fuel?

Answer 25

the silver paint from the zepplin

Question 26

what is probably the first flying machine? made by whome>

Answer 26

hydrogen-controlable

Giffard

Question 27

Henry Giffard made the best airplane at the time

Answer 27

FALSE: wright brothers

Question 28

the ME 262 did ltos of damage cus of its superior design

Answer 28

FALSE: hitler made it a bomber and supressed its full potential as an airplane

Question 29

what are the 4 things necessary to break the sound barrier?

Answer 29

1. swept wing design
2. more powerful engines
3. large control surfaces with no tail
4. coke bottle principle

Question 30

why is david schwarz important?

Answer 30

• made the dirigible airship (crayon looking thing)
• based his work on french engineers
• made an airship with aluminium metal frame with daimler engine