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.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Handling Qualities of Canards, Tandem Wings, and Other Unconventional Configurations


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Business Aircraft Meeting and Exposition ; 1983



    Publication date :

    1983-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Longitudinal Handling Qualities of Conventional and Unconventional Aircraft Configurations

    Bazile, Jérôme / Gonzalez, Oscar | SAE Technical Papers | 2011


    VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AIRCRAFT WITH CANARDS AND PRIMARY WINGS

    BECCHI PAOLO | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AIRCRAFT WITH CANARDS AND PRIMARY WINGS

    BECCHI PAOLO | European Patent Office | 2022

    Free access