The canard is an original from the fertile mind of Carl "Flaps" Laffert with an occasional sanity check from me. That's his 9th canard and our 22nd twin.

Ugo and I fly together every weekend. He and Flaps are my two flying buds. Flaps is 85 so I drive him out every weekend. He has quit flying and now just builds.

But we have strayed away from the nice flying little Sonic. I have a thread started over in the Twin Forum on the twin fuselage modification. Prograss has been slow as my column is due to be mailed on the 15th and I am working on it. I have already removed the old, 1"-1 1/4" ailerons and have 2" aileron stock and 3/8" tri-stock for wider ailerons. They'll end up being about 2 1/4" wide and should (1) increase the roll rate and (2) lower the wing loading slightly. They add 50 sq in or so.

Flaps will build the new center section with a long dihedral brace. We'll also add a center flap for crow and a landing flap, if needed. I also plan a wider rudder, maybe up to 4" in width. I think the elevator is OK as is.