• Camber - The wing surfaces are curved so that air flowing over the top surface of the wing flows faster than air flowing over the bottom surface. We call this curvature "camber." Because the air flowing over the top surface is moving faster, there is less air pressure on the top surface than on the bottom surface of the wing. This pressure difference between top and bottom is what supports the aircraft in flight.
• We control the amount of lift provided by the wing by changing its camber (curvature) with ailerons and flaps.

• Like ailerons, flaps are moveable sections on each wing which are used to control the lift produced by the wing.
• The biggest difference between ailerons and flaps is that the flaps on each side of the aircraft move up and down together but the ailerons move in opposite directions from each other.
• Flaps increase or decrease lift on both wings at the same time so they do not make the aircaft roll.
• The flaps are controlled with a switch on the instrument panel.

The elevator is used to move the nose of the aircraft up and down.

• The elevator is a moveable airfoil attached to the horizontal stabilizer.
  
• The elevator is controlled with the pilot's control stick by moving the stick forward and backward.
• In the position shown, this elevator would increase the downward force of the horizontal stabilizer.
  

The vertical stabilizer keeps the direction of flight stable - keeping the nose of the aircraft pointing forward - by exerting side-to-side forces on the tail (or "empennage") of the aircraft.

• The side-to-side force of the vertical stabilizer is controlled by the pilot with the rudder using the foot pedals.

The rudder is used to keep the aircraft flying straight through the air without skidding or slipping sideways. The pilot controls the rudder with foot pedals.

The trim tabs are used to relieve control forces on the pilot's contol stick.

• The elevator trim tab is a moveable section of the elevator.  There is also an aileron trim tab on the right side aileron.
• The trim tabs are controlled by electric buttons on top of the pilot's control stick.
• If the pilot is applying continuous pressure on the control stick, the trim tabs may be used to put aerodynamic pressure directly on the control surface. For example, if the pilot is having to continually put forward pressure on the control stick (to push the nose of the aircraft downward,) she would momentarily depress the forward trim button on the control stick to relieve the pressure.

The wheels, tires, and support structure are called the "landing gear."

• The SportCruiser has a "tricycle" type landing gear.
• The nose/front gear is free-castering. The aircraft direction is controlled on the ground using the rudder and brakes.
• Each "Main" landing gear (under the wings) has an independent hydraulic brake which the pilot controls by putting pressure on the tops of the rudder pedals.