Canard,Cainard,Kanard,Couldard, KITS !!!!

[jimmy Hnat]

Just trying to spell the word Right.Anyway im looking for a 46 size airplane C/L kit where as the wing is on backwards or the elivator is on forward or the tail is not in its Normal location.But heck im Normal i think,who cares God loves me just the way I am....Jimmy

[john e. holliday]

Jimmy,  guess who, the grumpy nit picking old man.  I only know of one canard that has been published.  In fact I got the plans and built one.  I call it the Blue Goose,  Real name is Wild Goose by Dick Sarpolus.  It is a Flying Models plan #CF0444, shows $9.00 plus shipping.  If you want to see it go to the Carstens Publishcations(? spelling).  Click on the icon that show Control Line Plans.  There are several catagories.  Click on profile and scroll down and you will find it.  Click on the picture of the Wild Goose and the details will come up.

Let me tell you flying a canard is an experience.  This one was wild and almost uncontrolable on the first flight.  Since first flight I have added a taller horn to the trailing moving surfaces(wing flaps)  don't need much movement.  The power is in the forward canard.  The center of gravity is about 1 1/2 inches ahead of the leading edge of the wing.  I am using an OS LA .40 on mine.  When everything is right it will do a pattern, in other words hardly any wind.  I have a witness of it doing the full AMA pattern, but you have to be on toes as it will make you work if the engine leans out.  Anyway I just don't fly it enough even tho it is a blast to fly.

[Neville Legg]

Canard, is French for "duck", but you probably knew that!!


Cheers       Neville

[Randy Powell]

ca·nard
   /kəˈnɑrd; Fr. kaˈnar/ Show Spelled[kuh-nahrd; Fr. ka-nar] Show IPA
–noun,plural-nards  /-ˈnɑrdz; Fr. -ˈnar/ Show Spelled[-nahrdz; Fr. -nar] Show IPA.
1.
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
2.
Cookery. a duck intended or used for food.
3.
Aeronautics.
a.
an airplane that has its horizontal stabilizer and elevators located forward of the wing.
b.
Also called canard wing. one of two small lifting wings located in front of the main wings.
c.
an early airplane having a pusher engine with the rudder and elevator assembly in front of the wings.

Personally, I like the first definition.

[Dick Pacini]

Then, there is canardly...as in "I canardly hear you over this G51."

[PerttiMe]

ca·nard
   /kəˈnɑrd; Fr. kaˈnar/ Show Spelled[kuh-nahrd; Fr. ka-nar] Show IPA
–noun,plural-nards  /-ˈnɑrdz; Fr. -ˈnar/ Show Spelled[-nahrdz; Fr. -nar] Show IPA.
1.
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
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Personally, I like the first definition.

When the Wright brothers got their plane flying and the French saw the news, they immediately thought that it's got to be "a false or baseless story, report, or rumor".

A contraption like that, with the tail forward, couldn't possibly fly. Right?