How to Control a Single Tether Framed Paraglider (Gliding Kite)
Man or woman in a gliding kite! Not touching earth! How to control the gliding kite (paraglider) of "single tether" when the wing is an airframed sort of paraglider hang glider? Hang the pilot on short tether in a position where he or she may grab the triangle control frame of the wing and slightly or largely move one's body left or right or forward or backwards in order to change the resultant center of gravity of the system relative to the center of lift of the system. The most common airframe structure for achieving this control is the triangle control frame which is essentially aviation's queen posts joined by a basebar; the similar structure is seen in aviation as a base for landing gear holding skis and wheels and skids.
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1Use the double-queen-post frame part along with a connect bar that connects the two extremities of the two queen posts; the arrangement most used is when the two queen posts are footed in the airframe near each other and angled out to allow a substantial connecting bar. The final arrangement forms a triangle and is frequently called "triangle control frame" or "A-frame" or "control frame." The basetube should be joined as though it were a tensional member (sometimes an internal tension cable is placed in the tube that joins the two ends of the queen posts.
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2Stay the posts to the airframe of the paraglider hang glider with struts or cables following common bracing methods. The pilot will hang by one single kite line from the wing. When gliding the free-flight kite (paraglider) grab lightly the basetube set in space by the queenposts and the staying cables. It is assumed that you have placed the queenposts and the connecting basebar and the hang point of the single tether (the kite line), so that aerodynamic balance is correct for safe flying of the framed paraglider.
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| Notice the one tether (thus paraglider hang glider) and notice the two queenposts and basebar connecting lower ends: TCF triangle control frame. |
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