weight-shift control

{{Short description|Type of aircraft flight control}}

File:Barnes Wallis Moth Machine.jpeg showing the triangular control bar used in 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.Federal Aviation Administration (2008), [http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/faa-h-8083-5.pdf Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook (PDF)], retrieved 18 August 2015