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Old 09-29-2008, 02:23 PM
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Default RE: JAS-39 Gripen Owners/Build Thread

trocks,

I'm glad the info has been a help to you and best of luck with your Gripen.

To answer your question, the canards move in an opposite direction as the elevons. When the elevons go up, the front of the canards go up and the rear of the canards go down. This is because the canards are ahead of the C.G. and act like little wings. To pitch up, canards increase their angle of attack, giving more lift, and helping to raise the nose.

Which amt engine are you using and what is your color scheme? Feel free to post any photos of your build.

Incidentally, do not forget to turn off the canards for landing. It is too pitch sensitive (even with the revised throws posted earlier) even at half canard for landing.

Regards,

Jim