Harald, Thank you for the compliment. I put the canard on the bottom at first for ease of construction. Whenever I pitched the nose up, during landing, the model always lost altitude. I thought this was because of blockage of the wing surface. I eventually relocated the canard to the top of the fuselage and got some better results but not much. The real trick was to land faster. I also had the canard set at +2 degrees. The wing was at 0 degrees. Here's an image of another one I designed. This was a great flyer. Unfortunately a midair led to an early demise. Dan.