Ed Wischmeyer wrote:

Canard aircraft hold several FAI recognized world records in altitude,
speed, and range. A canard holds the CAFE Challenge efficiency record
and will likely have a lock on it for years to come. Canards have
been flown to numerous first-place race wins and high race placings in
competitions against non-canard designs.

That's not engineering analysis, that rhetoric trying to impress and to
win an argument. Can we go back to lift distributions, please?


When engineering analysis doesn't jibe with reality, I choose reality
as the final arbiter. Your "rhetoric trying to impress" remark was
not only rude, but reveals that you missed the very point.

David O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com