Return-Path: Received: from [63.114.235.82] (account ) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.0.5) with HTTP id 1982104 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:47:53 -0500 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Wing Loading mysteries To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.4.0.5 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:47:53 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <001001c2bb10$a76ffb80$8200a8c0@accesscomm.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "JJ JOHNSON" : Bob I have to agree w/ you here. The only way I can think of explaining it is, why do people build canards? The main reason that the Canard was brought about was simply to have as many surfaces lifting as possible. So if this is true, the opposite [conventional tail] would be to degrade the lift performance of an aircraft. When Burt Rutan built the Varviggen and Ez He was trying to get max speed out of minimum power and do it through max efficiency. His answer to all that was the canard. My two cents. Jarrett Johnson 235/320 55%