control bar

Pilot's manual interface

A control bar is the horizontal bar on a hang glider or paraglider that the pilot grips to steer and adjust pitch.

Shifting weight relative to the control bar changes direction and speed.

The term also applies to interface elements in software—toolbars or panels containing buttons and settings for controlling playback, editing, or navigation: Click the control bar to pause the video.

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hang glider · hang gliding · grip · cockpit · navigation · scroll · scroll wheel · interface · harness · flight · toggle · adjustment · steering · glide · wind · wind speed · nose down · brake

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input device type

control barjoystick

Tilting lever for control

control stick · steering wheel · yoke · tiller · touchscreen

control autonomy

control barautopilot

Automated vehicle guidance system

autonomous navigation · fly-by-wire · self-steering

rigidity and mechanism

control barbrake lines

Tubes carrying stopping fluid

pull cords · reins

Family

control, bar, controls, controlled, controlling, controller, controllers, controllable, uncontrollable

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G