One of the fellows at our field has a Canard,An old Italian 40 size ARF powered by a Magnum 52 2 stroke so should have ample power!DIrection being in italian so not much help!DId find a balance point in some pictures.Appears that elevator should go down to cause nose to lift?First attempt to fly ended 300'down the runway hitting a fence doing some damage but is now repaired.Woiuldn't lift nose just stayed on ground?Had considerable racke to the gear nose was down a lot but this was the factory gear.Now changing to get it to sit level.ANy body have any thouhgt on this subject will try it again thursday A M.Thanks!!