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* [http://www.aeroexperiments.org/newhomepage.html Seibel Steve, "www.aeroexperiments.org/newhomepage.html"]
* [http://www.aeroexperiments.org/newhomepage.html Seibel Steve, "www.aeroexperiments.org/newhomepage.html"]
* {{de}} Altmann Horst, "Aeroelastoflexible Eigenschaften, Stabilität und Dynamik von Hängegleitern", Herbert Utz Verlag Wissenschaft, München, 1997, ISBN 3-89675-234-0


== Related content ==
== Related content ==
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All the points described here can be tested and verified using the FlightGear hang glider ''Laminar 13 MRX''. This should improve the understanding and might help to avoid extrem flight situations or to train safe recoveries from such situations.
All the points described here can be tested and verified using the FlightGear hang glider ''Laminar 13 MRX''. This should improve the understanding and might help to avoid extrem flight situations or to train safe recoveries from such situations.


'''This section is still under construction.''' The current status is April 25, 2025.
'''This section is still under construction.''' The current status is May 03, 2025.


As an introduction, reference is made to two threads in the German Hang Gliding Forum, in which the static and dynamic longitudinal stability of weight-shift controlled hang gliders is examined in more detail:
As an introduction, reference is made to two threads in the German Hang Gliding Forum, in which the static and dynamic longitudinal stability of weight-shift controlled hang gliders is examined in more detail:
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[[File:MomentDiagram AssignmentSensor en.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Assignment of the flight attitude and pilot deflection in the moment diagram (see Sensor video)]]
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The pictograms in the diagram are intended to indicate the approximate pilot position. They are aligned according to the mean attitude angle for each phase.
The pictograms in the diagram are intended to indicate the approximate pilot position. They are aligned according to the mean attitude angle for each phase.
[[File:Analysis Tuck Jesper Diagram.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Time sequence of Jespers tuck using the moment diagram]]
[[File:MomentDiagram Sensor en.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Sensor Video: Defining the individual phases in the moment diagram]]
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[[File:MomentDiagram U2 en.jpg|left|thumb|800px|U2 Video: Defining the individual phases in the moment diagram]]
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[[File:MomentDiagram Falcon en.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Falcon Video: Defining the individual phases in the moment diagram]]
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[[File:Analysis Tuck Jesper Diagram.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Time sequence of Jespers tuck using the moment diagram]]
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[[File:Tuck initiation; Definition and characterization of the individual phases.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Tuck initiation; Definition and characterization of the individual phases]]
[[File:Tuck initiation; Definition and characterization of the individual phases.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Tuck initiation; Definition and characterization of the individual phases]]


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[[File:Comparison cg near a0.jpg|left|thumb|800px|The correlation between pilot position and tuck or its avoidance]]
[[File:Comparison cg near a0.jpg|left|thumb|800px|The correlation between pilot position and tuck or its avoidance]]
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