Originally posted by Selcuk
How can you achieve functional elevator control on canards? What are the tips for beginning to test flights?
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Locating the c.g. is very important for a canard.
The safest way to do that is build a smaller glider, and toss it with the c.g. where you think it should be, then make corrections if needed.
Risk is small.. just some balsa sticks.
Then for the real one, use the c.g. you've found for the first trial flights.
Limit your control surface motions. Too much will make a bad situation worse if you get into trouble.
If it's powered and gets into trouble, the FIRST thing to do is cut the power OFF! The unpowered plane will not hit the ground as hard.. and just might self-recover.