Pilot12. There are 2-3 ways of calculating the CG on a Canard. Since the results differ a little, and I did not understand some of the reasoning, I made up my own calculation. The maiden flight was a high tension event. As with any CG placement, start nose heavy and make adjustments as performance and experience dictates. You can search for my method on the SPAD forum by searching for canard as a subject, and villa as the author. Be glad to answer any question you have, but I hate searching. The search engine here gives me poor results. Just keep digging.