I think this is exactly how a canard plane is supposed
to work: Canard
stalls first, nose goes down, aircraft picks up speed
again. AoA of
main wing always stays within the safe range, aileron
always stays
effective, no wing drop.


Bye
Andreas
Yes, you are right. Long time since I last thought
of canards.

Frank

Of course this is also the basic problem with canards.
Because you want the canard always to stall first the
main wing can never reach max Cl, the minimum flying
speeds for the overall aircraft are high and the climb
performance suffers. If you enforce dynamic stability
(canard loses lift first even when pitching up) - it
gets even worse. Of course having the whole contraption
pitch UP at stall is worst of all.

Canard designs often are touted as 'stall-proof'. This
might be technically true, but it is a pointless argument
if the canard has a sharp break at stall leading to
a sharp nose drop.

Perhaps it's a coincidence, but I haven't seen Burt
Rutan produce a new canard-configured design in quite
a while.

9B