PILOT'S CG LOCATION AND ATTITUDE CONTROL FOR LATERAL MANEUVER OF A HANG GLIDER

摘要

The hang glider maneuvers by the pilot’s shifting his/her center of gravity (CG). This paper considers modeling of the lateral-directional (LD) motion. The LD maneuver is made by shifting the pilot’s CG to the right or left. The pilot does this CG shift by making his/her yaw attitude perpendicular to the control bar in addition to pushing the bar to the right or left. This pilot’s handling is modeled by feedback control. Numerical simulations with a pilot’s motion model illustrate how effective for the CG shift the pilot’s yaw attitude control is.