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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...

paratrike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift. These aircraft have a fabric flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle...

of aircraft pilots: Airplanes Rotorcraft such as helicopters Powered lift Gliders Lighter than air Powered parachute Weight-shift control Aircraft categories...

the United States, all turbojets require a type rating. Aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of more than 12,500 pounds (5,700 kg) typically require...

of aircraft control. Because the burning of fuel gradually produces a loss of weight and possibly a shift in the CG, it is possible for an aircraft to...

2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailerons, elevator...

conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages,...

open air assembly of persons. Other aircraft, such as helicopters, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control aircraft, are not required to meet the FAR...

used to evenly distribute the weight of passengers, cargo, and fuel throughout an aircraft, so as to keep the aircraft's center of gravity close to its...

(2008). Weight-shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook. Government Printing Office. pp. 3.5–3.6. ISBN 978-0160822148. "Chapter 13 — Aircraft and Ship...

effect. As a ship rolls, liquids tend to shift toward the lowest part of the vessel. When this happens more weight accumulates on the low side and will cause...

fly light aircraft within the United Kingdom. In the United States, ultralight aircraft, powered parachute, and weight-shift-control aircraft require no...

in these aircraft categories: Airplane Rotorcraft Glider Lighter than air Powered lift Powered parachute Weight-shift control Most aircraft categories...

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter...

An aircraft towing or refueling other aircraft has the right-of-way over all other engine-driven aircraft Powered parachute, weight-shift-control aircraft...

powered parachutes and weight-shift-control aircraft. Advances in radio controlled models have made it possible for model aircraft to conduct low-altitude...

harness suspended from the airframe, and exercises control by shifting body weight in opposition to a control frame. Early hang glider designs did not reliably...

weight-shift-control ("trike", land/sea), glider, and powered parachute. U.S. or foreign manufacture of light sport aircraft is authorized. Aircraft with...

design and manufactures aircraft that require no licence to fly in the uk. UAS storm buggy is a weight shift delta wing pusher aircraft weighing less that...

single and two-place high wing, single-engine, ultralight aircraft that evolved from weight-shift hang gliders including Bob Lovejoy's High Tailer. The earliest...