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Old 10th December 2001 | 09:54
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criticalmass
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Dupre,

Beware control "reversal" at least in the sense of how bank and pitch are controlled. In a microlight, moving the bar to the left puts the right wing down and the aircraft turns right! In a 3-axis, moving the control-column left produces left bank and a left turn.

Ditto pitch...in a microlight, pushing bar forwards increases AOA (and reduces airspeed), the direct opposite of 3-axis.

Think "wing" when turning...want to turn left, put left wingtip down and forget about which way the bar has to move, that will become instinctive.

The cardinal rule about microlights:- "Pitch is airspeed and power is altutude".

If you make the transition I hope ypu have many hundreds of happy flying hours.
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