Technical Paper
Handling Qualities of Canards, Tandem Wings, and Other Unconventional Configurations
1983-02-01
830763
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.