Answer to Question #138719 in English for ale

Question

● Identify the aerospace word defined below and provide it:

1. The streamlined housing for an engine is called .....
2. The ...................... is the tail assembly of an aircraft.
3. The rotating shaft with blades which, together with the engine, moves the aircraft through the air is
simply the ................................
4. Also called pontoon, it is the hollow structure fixed below an aircraft that allows it to remain on the
surface of water. This is the ...............................................
5. We call ...... the force produced by a propeller, jet or rocket.

Answer 1

1. The streamlined housing for an engine is called NACELLE

2. The empennage is the tail assembly of an aircraft.

3. The rotating shaft with blades which, together with the engine, moves the aircraft through the air is simply the propeller.

4. Also called pontoon, it is the hollow structure fixed below an aircraft that allows it to remain on the surface of water. This is the airframe.

5. We call thrust the force produced by a propeller, jet or rocket.