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Old 12-07-2004 | 08:02 PM
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Default RE: canard flap location..??

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"So the Ferret is your creation Allan.!!….I was so fascinated by it I had to buy a back issue of RCM just for the sake of the Ferret but I´m sorry to hear she is just hanging there now…..more pix..??...pliiiiiis…! "

Heeeey...... I still have my copy!!!!! COOL!!!! I spent HOURS looking at that thing(and drooling). We got us a celebrity here!

canardlover, I gotcha on the flaps. Should work the same whether you have one wing or multiple(???). My question actually would be the "why?"(add a third wing). Besides trying to bash out the theory( [:@] - ouch!), and the inherent "cool factor", what would be the benefit? Would a combination of (larger) flaps and LE slats, in addition to maybe split ailerons(acting as a variable speedbrake, see A-10 warthog) do the trick? I'm very intrested in the outcome of this discussion, I always learn so much when people think "outside the box".