On Thu, 22 May 2008 15:02:03 -0700 (PDT), BobR
wrote:


I looked at the Velocity and the Cozy a long time ago before I started
on my project. I loved the look of the planes but after getting an
opportunity to flying in a Velocity once, I am glad I decided on a
more traditional tractor design. Nothing concrete to say against the
canards other than my personal preference. I just didn't like the
ground handling and the transition to and from flight mode of the
canards.

True, most of the flight reports I read about the canards leave me not
so excited about the way they fly and handle. Nice flying qualities
sometimes seem to get forgotten. Several pilots that have flown the
Lancairs (2 seat versions) say they have a dead feel and not much fun
to fly. I've been building a Glasair for many years, and just a couple
of years ago I finally got to fly one. The ailerons were nice, but the
elevator felt kind of dead. Makes me want to keep the plane I have and
sell it when it's finished. No one will talk about that subject much,
probably out of fear of making their planes hard to sell. But it's not
such a great system to spend years on end building a plane, only to
find out it flies bad.