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The Difference Between Category, Class, and Type of Aircraft

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

propellers) or thrust (i.e., Weight-Shift Control Weight-shift control is a category of powered aircraft, such as an ultralight trike, with a pivoting wing and fuselage that is only controllable in pitch and roll through the change of the center of gravity (i.e., wings) at higher speeds. no control surfaces).

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Weight-Shift-Control Knot Approach Lift

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Nudging it back to center slid the ball a diameter the other way—trying to corral it in the middle was a bit pointless as it didn’t want to live there. A long wheelbase and reasonably firm gear offset the Gweduck’s high center of gravity to make an easy-handling taildragger.

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The Difference Between Category, Class, and Type of Aircraft

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