Key to a TINY "canard"... (so you don't have the dog) Since the foreplane is not efficient... the CG range is near nothing.. gotta be DEAD ON.

Its backward to the larger ones, because of that 4.5 inch rule.

You do lose maneuverability. (which will turn a lot of people off from wanting to mess with it)

But it sure does look neat.[8D] And sometimes... thats the whole point... get the neat looking thing to fly in a reasonably controlled manner.