The first thing I have confirmed is that they refer to the lever mechanism as the "trim lever" and state that it "Works like the brake line: In order to fly faster pull both levers aft, for curve flying push inner lever fore"
"Even during climb you may trim the XCitor to a straight flight with the trim levers. Just push the lever on the side you want to move to slightly forward. Remember, the brake levers act like a brake line – pushing them forward makes the XCitor move into that direction. Vice versa the other lever may be pulled back."
I think the lever travel is too short for it to be pulling speedbar but it is far from clear that is what we normally think of as "trim". Perhaps it is more like a brake offset. Either way I believe I have gotten enough information about it to know that they only have this trimmer system because their hang system has to deal with massive CG shifts and control line offsets that they don't have and can't use normal trimmers.
I am leaning toward a system similar to the Trike Buggy Bullet where the actual clip in point is very low at the hips providing weight shift and strong feedback in roll but has line keepers on the top tubes that gives it high hang point stability in the pitch axis as this seems like the best compromise to me.
This analysis has just made me realise that I have never seen a trike with speedbar aside from that weird one that has the front wheel that hinges DOWN so it hangs below you allowing the use of speedbar and even emergency foot landings in rough terrain.
Is there a way to use speedbar when triking? If not can anybody think of a reason to not carefully experiment with ways to pull on the speedbar lines via a lever or pedal? I know that the main consideration would be to make sure you can release as quickly as you normally can when using conventional speedbar. A pair of pedals on the frame should be able to pull and release just like a speedbar. If the lines were attached right at the top of the pedal then the travel and required force would feel exactly like normal speedbar without the stowing/unstowing issues. Just pull your feet off of the steering pegs and push on the pedals. I would love to be able to lock them in whatever position I wanted (like a pedal type parking brake) but that would be dangerous unless I could reliably and quickly release it just as fast as releasing speedbar. Of course I would be careful to follow the wing manufacturers directions regarding use of speedbar and trims together.
Dunno, this all just occurred to me because of thinking that the XCitors levers might be speedbar rather than trim. I clearly have more to think about now.
Does ANY trike have speedbar?