Ron Wanttaja wrote:
Gregory Hall wrote:

This is the safest homebuilt IMO.(VariEze ). The canard makes it
foolproof.

If that were the case, the Velocity would have a better safety record
than the Lancair family. Based on my statistics from 1999 through 2006,
it doesn't... the Velocity has about a 20% higher accident rate. In
fact, the Velocity has a rate almost three TIMES higher that of the RV
fleet. Which isn't doesn't use canards, either.

The difference in fleet size does affect the statistics, of course....

Ron Wanttaja

I have long wondered if the canard fliers who have accidents are
assuming "canards are safer" and get careless.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired