Weight-shift control

Weight-shift control as a means of aircraft flight control is widely used in hang gliders, powered hang gliders, and ultralight trikes. Control is usually by the pilot using their weight against a triangular control bar that is rigidly attached to the wing structure. The wing is mounted on a pivot above the trike carriage or hang glider harness allowing the weight-shift forces to produce changes in pitch and bank.[1]

An ultralight trike showing the triangular control bar used in weight shift control

References
  1. Federal Aviation Administration (2008), Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook (PDF), retrieved 18 August 2015

See also
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