On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:42:15 -0700, "F.L. Whiteley"
wrote:


Apparently the canard was designed
to stall first causing a nose pitch down - as you would expect. Except
that the transition could be abrupt and in the landing flare this would
put your nose abruptly in contact with the pavement.

Kind of defeats the purpose of having a canard. Perhaps it was built wrong.

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