System for automatic adjustment of the C.G (center of gravity) point in a powered parachute and flexible wing aerial vehicle

An aerial vehicle comprising an aerial platform that supports lift elements, an engine and a fuel supply and has a coupling mechanism adapted for coupling to a removable load, wherein:

• the lift elements include a semi-rigid structure formed of textile having reinforcement struts flexibly coupled by a tether to the aerial platform at points of suspension on opposite sides of the aerial platform whose location (A, B) relative to a longitudinal axis of the platform is such that the aerial platform and the attached load has a center of gravity (C.G.) which maintains balance of the aerial platform, and
• an adjustment system is coupled to the points of suspension and is operative to correct for an imbalance caused by unloading the cargo from the aerial platform by performing a programmed transition whereby the points of suspension are moved relative to the longitudinal axis of the platform almost instantaneously from a first point A (cargo mode) to a second point B (non-cargo mode).