wrote in message . ..
On 17 May 2004 18:02:56 -0700, (Paul Lee)
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Richard Riley wrote in message . ..
On 16 May 2004 18:22:21 -0700, (Paul Lee)
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:This was inspite of the fact that the touchdown speed is 90+
:mph.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX What empty weight and CG
range are you running?

Don't think you are informed about canards - especially faster ones.

Ooooohhhhh Paul, do you know who Richard Riley is? He used to be
involved with producing the Berkut. They aren't too many people on
earth who know more about canard type airplanes than him. A few
perhaps, but not too many.

Corky Scott

Corky,

I am not interested in a who's who contest. Just the issues. The fact
is that I just came back from factory flight training in the SQ2000
and consistently touched down at about 90mph and took off about 90+.
It is a faster, somewhat heavier aircraft (gross 2250) with about a
28' wingspan. The CG was in the middle and weight was not anywhere
maxed out. A Velocity has about 30' wing span giving it the extra lift
at slower speed but pays the cost at high end - unless you have 300hp.

While its possible to land a canard slow, its not as stable and a
number of canard flyers will land at higher speed in order to see the
runway.