Aviation Dictionary

PENDULUM EFFECT

The characteristic of the cart weight hanging below the wing that stabilizes the wing pitching moment and the cart underneath the wing for unaccelerated flight. This cart weight (pendulum) can also create momentum of th...

Dictionary Term

PENDULUM EFFECT

Definition

The characteristic of the cart weight hanging below the wing that stabilizes the wing pitching moment and the cart underneath the wing for unaccelerated flight. This cart weight (pendulum) can also create momentum of the cart rotating around the wing.

References

Powered Parachute Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2007