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Old 06-16-2013 | 10:41 AM
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Default RE: Foreplane to wing incedence on a canard

Since the Shinden has an EXTREMLEY small fore plane you're going to find that the CG location will be well back and likely somewhere on the first 10 to 15% of the main wing's MAC.

To get a feel for this try out this Canard Calculator;

http://adamone.rchomepage.com/cg_canard.htm

An all balsa chuck glider might not be a bad way to go to get a feel for the CG location as well. Something around 12 to 16 inch span with a flat 1/16 main wing and a 1/16 forewing with some "Clark Y" sanding done to the fore plane to give it a hint of camber. Make the fore plane angle adjustable by some means and play with the CG range to find out where it has pretty much neutral pitch stability. IE: When it stalls slightly it drops the nose and dives in with little or no attempt to recover.