Rotaryphile....Your comment on the rear mounted engine smashing everything in a crash on a Canard reminds me of my last crash with my Canard, shown in the Avatar at the left. I hit some nasty gusts on landing, made a poor recovery and hit the ground at about 30 degrees from vertical. The grass field was very soft. The fuselage (1" aluminum square tubing) in front of the canard wing stuck into the ground about 10 inches. The engine was still running, and about 3 feet in the air. It took two hands and some wiggling to get it out of the ground. The front gear was bent and the canard wing had sheared a 1/4 inch nylon bolt. No other damage. Flew next day. The wings are Coroplast corrugated plastic.

pettit....Hope you will post photos of the EAM Velocity. I'm not familiar with it. The 2-3 pounds of lead in the nose is terrible. My canard seems to have a wide range of safe CG.