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Many of the early ultralights used a "weight shift" method of control, requiring the pilot to push a control bar to shift the center of gravity of the aircraft. The Weedhopper differed from most other ultralights of the period in that it has a control stick which moves the rudder and elevator, giving it two axis control in pitch and yaw.
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category and the US light-sport aircraft rules. [2] [3] It features a strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, retractable wheeled tricycle landing gear and dual floats and a single engine in pusher configuration.
Early powered versions consisted simply of a motor added to the foot-launched hang glider version with control by a combination of weight shift for pitch and tip rudders for roll and yaw, with the tip rudders used together as air brakes. Because many pilots could not run fast enough to achieve take-off, wheeled tricycle gear was added.
The Seahawk features a choice of wings cable-braced hang glider-style high wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem, open cockpit, a trimaran hull which was designed and built in Italy and a single engine in pusher configuration. [1]
Its 10 m (32.8 ft) span wing has an area of 14.5 m 2 (156 sq ft), a nose angle of 128° and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. An electro-mechanical trim is optional. An electro-mechanical trim is optional.
Its 34.68 ft (10.6 m) span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a single-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke 21 hp (16 kW) Polini Thor 100 , 29 hp (22 kW) Polini Thor 200 engine or the 22 hp (16 kW) Bailey 200 V4 .
It has a span of 9.55 m (31.3 ft) span wing, a nose angle of 130°, an aspect ratio of 6.0:1 and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. Like the similar Air Creation BioniX wing, the NuviX incorporates a unique "corset" system that allows the pilot to adjust the wing's trailing edge geometry in flight to optimize performance.
The Star Trike was designed in 1980 has been in production ever since. It fits the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category. The design features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat or a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.