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Old 08-29-2005 | 04:04 PM
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Default RE: Canard lifting area

Let me make a correction on my previous post. The wing loading on the canard (after more figuring) will not go up quite as much. It still will probably be around 28.5 - rather than the 26 if figured using just the main wing.
My point is that including the canard area in the total would seem it should LOWER the wing loading but, in fact, the loading on the canard/elevator surface is HIGHER and that translates into a higher take-off and landing speed. The loading on the main wing is not the determining issue for those considerations.
Allan