The first human-powered flight was achieved by a canard-configured aircraft (Wright Brothers). Although other canard concepts were flown with varying degrees of success over the years, the tail-aft configuration has dominated the aircraft market for both military and civil use. Reviewed are the development of several canard aircraft with emphasis on stability and control, handling qualities, and operating problems. The results show that early canard concepts suffered adversely in flight behavior because of a lack of understanding of the sensitivities of these concepts to basic stability and control principles. Modern canard designs have been made competitive with tail-aft configurations by using appropriate handling qualities design criteria.


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    Title :

    Look at Handling Qualities of Canard Configurations


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    49 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English








    A historic review of canard configurations

    Anderson, S. B. / Feistel, T. W. | NTRS | 1985