Explore topic-wise MCQs in Aircraft Design.

This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Aircraft Design knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Determine the value for maximum camber for NACA1235 airfoil. Given chord is 1m.

A. 0.01m
B. 0.02m
C. 0.021
D. 0.012
Answer» B. 0.02m
2.

For a cambered airfoil section lift is 30N. Airfoil is operating in such way that dynamic lift is 20N. Determine the lift co-efficient for the airfoil.

A. 1.5
B. 1.5N
C. 0.5
D. 0.5N
Answer» B. 1.5N
3.

A thin airfoil is defined as NACA 0009 is at = 5 . What is the value of lift curve slope?

A. 2 per rad
B. 2 per degree
C. 4 per degree
D. 0.4 per degree
Answer» B. 2 per degree
4.

An airfoil with symmetric profile has pitching moment about aerodynamic centre as 13 Nm at 4 AOA. Determine Pitching moment at same point if AOA is increased by 8 .

A. 13Nm
B. 8Nm
C. 5Nm
D. 13Ncm
Answer» B. 8Nm
5.

Camber represents the curvature of an airfoil.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
6.

Determine the corrections or otherwise of the following assertion [A] and reason [R]:
Assertion [A]: Most of the airfoils are built with blunt trailing edge having very small finite thickness.

A. nReason[R]: Perfect sharp trailing edge is difficult to build.
B. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct reason for [A]
C. Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct reason for [A]
D. [A] is true but [R] is false
E. [A] is false but [R] is true
Answer» B. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct reason for [A]
7.

The straight line joining L.E. and T.E. of an airfoil is _______

A. chord line
B. camber
C. camber line
D. radii
Answer» B. camber
8.

NACA stands for _____

A. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
B. National Authorized Committee for Aeronautics
C. National Advisory Committee for Aero models
D. National Advisory Committee for Arithmetic
Answer» B. National Authorized Committee for Aeronautics
9.

Which of the following is not an application of an airfoil?

A. To provide thrust for acceleration
B. To provide lift
C. To provide lift co-efficient
D. To provide streamlined flow
Answer» B. To provide lift
10.

If an airfoil is operating at Mach 1.1, then it is working in _____

A. transonic range
B. supersonic range
C. subsonic range
D. hypersonic range
Answer» B. supersonic range