On Feb 22, 7:07*am, es330td wrote:
Last weekend while doing my hour of going around the pattern in
preparation to solo my airfield was visited by a Dyke Delta home built
(link to a picture of one below.) *I did a little research on it and
learned that it truly is a delta wing aircraft with a single
horizontal surface (some of these have a small T-tail but this one did
not.) *Seeing it made me a little curious about the mechanics of
flying it. *It has a vertical stabilizer and a rudder so I assume the
plane has pedals but with only one horizontal surface the movable
parts serve as both elevators and ailerons. *I'm also guessing that it
doesn't have flaps, just as the main wings on canards don't have flaps
as additional lift that far aft would result in a rapid descent.

I' believe MX has flown lots of delta wing aircraft. You may ask him.
-robert