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Old 01-30-2004 | 11:36 PM
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Default RE: canards v. forplane

So far, all of the canard design aircraft that I've seen [that supposedly flew well enough to become published plans], in the .15 size and under range were fairly ugly looking tandem wing type things. By the time my 1/2As' tiny canard was deflected enough to cause a change in pitch, it was also acting like an air brake. Being close coupled to the CG didn't help either. The dream of a cool looking, compact futuristic fighter went down the tubes until I "circumsized the foreplane"!