Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kelpex on February 07, 2011, 11:54:00 PM
Title: Playing hangman with non aviators.
Post by: Kelpex on February 07, 2011, 11:54:00 PM
Is it wrong of me to throw around words such as dihedral and empennage during a game of hangman, just to confuse those who think they know everything?
What would have to be the most confusing, sounding, aviation terms you guys have come across?
Title: Re: Playing hangman with non aviators.
Post by: Mike on February 08, 2011, 01:51:17 AM
heh heh, nice! never thought of doing that! ;D ::bow::
hows about:
aileron, Gyroscopic Precession, magneto, inclinometer, and interpolation ? ?
Title: Re: Playing hangman with non aviators.
Post by: G-man on February 08, 2011, 02:59:52 AM
Or how about the
a. trans-warp discriminator valve b. Cardinal Grameters c. prefamulated amulite d. hydrocoptic masal vanes e. panandermic novatrunions
Get more here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDgQg6bq7o
And actually a real one: Teroidal flow
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Post by: spacer on February 08, 2011, 03:54:23 AM
propwash
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Post by: meganite on February 08, 2011, 04:36:07 AM
Not if they're throwing around words like microfilament, adenosine triphosphate, dysteleological physicalism, and voronoi noise ;) If the best they can think up is hippopotamus, then I think you're out of their league ... if even "aileron" confounds them, then ... well, use your judgment ;)
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Post by: Jupiter on February 08, 2011, 08:31:38 AM
Aeroelasticitymatrix?
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Post by: vldflight on February 08, 2011, 11:56:56 AM
Unless its a helo pilot your playing against....then use cat, dog, etc.....
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Post by: Oddball on February 08, 2011, 12:51:14 PM
Found this glossary of aviation terms that might help:
Unless its a helo pilot your playing against....then use cat, dog, etc.....
ouch, that's cold! ::complaining:
....but probably true. just seen it yesterday with the guy I flew with actually, good stick but couldn't do simple math as in "how much is 2600lbs plus 800lbs?" . . .
Title: Re: Playing hangman with non aviators.
Post by: Oddball on February 09, 2011, 10:47:04 AM
is the answer a window Mike? ::thinking::
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Post by: meganite on February 10, 2011, 02:02:51 AM
Hey, I can't do simple math either :P And I'm a programmer! (What do you think we invented computers for? ;) )
I could add numbers like that, but it might take me a while... I think in pictures. Hey, maybe if I wrote it down first. Then again, there's this nifty website I found for practicing math, I might just get better at it. http://www.thatquiz.org/tq-1/
This might explain things... http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1356
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Post by: Jupiter on February 10, 2011, 06:45:38 AM
have to admit I use a calculator for almost everything these days, but addition and subtraction are usually not (yet) a problem :P
Title: Re: Playing hangman with non aviators.
Post by: YawningMan on March 02, 2011, 02:23:28 AM
Here's one I learned in structures class today.
End-fixity.
I'll double-check the spelling, but it is a term we learned today. Not so big and boisterous, but people will still wonder if it's really a word!
