The flight model would most likely be similar to a Varieze....e.g., it might be spin proof based on the angle of incidence of the canard wrt the angle of incidence of the wing. Basically, the canard, the small wing on the front contributes to lifting the entire aircraft, as opposed to a conventional tail aircraft where the tail works against the wings lift. If the canard stalls before the main wing (As the Varieze's does) then the main wing won't reach a high enough AOA to cause the flow to seperate, so instead of the stall/spin event of a conventional aircraft, you can pull back on the stick all you want and the nose of the plane will just drop when the canard stalls w/o any departure. Of course, all this is predicated on the cg as well. Depending on the CG location, you may be able to get into a deep stall ( I should have referenced the above statement base on normal stall conditions) but the canard aircraft `Velocity' could get into a flight regime where it literally fell in a flat (Entire plane stalled!) attitude. The first Velocity homebuilt did that during CG tests when they got the cg back to far and couldn't bring it forward (They added a winch system after that test to move the cg). BTW, The velocity fell flat until it hit I believe the Atlantic Ocean. I don't remember the rate of decent, but it was slow. The plane just floated there until a rescue crew showed up and retrieved the pilot and the plane. The pilot was unhurt.
Oh, did I mention, I want a J7W1?
[This message has been edited by Sundog (edited 06-07-2000).]
