Hmmmmm... I was answering Richard and now I get Dave...???

"nauga" wrote in message nk.net...
Paul Lee wrote...

Its a 44% increase in KE, not momentum (20%). But so what? Both
momentum and KE are relative only to other objects that shouldn't be
on the runway anyway.

Silly me, and here I thought I higher KE at touchdown would
result in longer landing distances - a 44% increase a *much*
longer rollout.

You mean brake wear? Typically canard flyers let it roll down the runway
to save brakes.

Greater than 90 knots and no braking on rollout? What's you're
minimum field length?

Even in a conventional planes with no flaps, you land more
stable at higher landing speeds - a little more runway.

So do you pad your approach speed to come up with the 90+
figure or is that the designer's recommendation?
It strikes me as obscenely fast, even compared to other canards.

Dave 'FBAW' Hyde