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Handling Qualities of Canards, Tandem Wings, and Other Unconventional Configurations
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Abstract
Over the years, a wide variety of aircraft configurations have been flown with varying degrees of success. A brief survey of the handling qualities of canard, tandem wing, and flying wing designs indicates that longitudinal stability and control, lateral/directional stability and control, and stall behavior of these concepts were important factors in achieving pilot acceptance.
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Citation
Anderson, S., "Handling Qualities of Canards, Tandem Wings, and Other Unconventional Configurations," SAE Technical Paper 830763, 1983, https://doi.org/10.4271/830763.Also In
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