"patrick mitchel" wrote in news:fo50mi$2bl2$1
@zook.lafn.org:

Now about that Piaggio avanti....... Pat




Canard, . And I think the reason you're confused about Canards is this: The
canard is not there to provide stability. Not in the same way as a stab on
a stadard airplane. It's there to provide control. The wing provides the
stability in the way you understand it.


Bertie