In aeronautics, a canard is a wing configuration in which a small forewing or foreplane is placed forward of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft or...

Look up canard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Canard (meaning "duck" in French) may refer to: Canard (aeronautics), a small wing in front of an aircraft's...

the lift to drag ratio during cruise. Index of aviation articles Canard (aeronautics) Strake (aviation) Vortex generator Wikimedia Commons has media related...

Fighter (MWF), is an Indian single-engine, canard delta wing, multirole combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration...

front stabilizer, generally known as a canard stabilizer," "Parts of Airplane", The Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics, NASA Glenn Research Center Horizontal...

reduction in total wing area compared to a conventional layout. Canard (aeronautics) Tailplane Tandem wing Wing configuration G.H. Bryan, Stability in...

a variant with a canard foreplane was experimented with by the Spanish sculptor Ricardo Causarás. Also in 1909, British aeronautical pioneer J. W. Dunne...

well known as manufacturer of the ASL Valkyrie series of tail-first or canard monoplanes. Horatio Barber had made a fortune in Canada when, back in England...

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control surface at the end of each fin. Together with the main and forward (canard) wing control surfaces, this effectively gave it a three-surface configuration...

enhancing the lift generated by the forebody by acting as a low aspect ratio canard surface. In order to further increase this lift contribution, the forward...

traditional elevators, canards vastly increase control surface area, and often increase the critical angle of attack of the wings as the canard directs air more...

20 degrees, and canard foreplanes. Pitch vectoring/reversing nozzles and canard foreplanes were fitted to the F-15 in 1988. The canard foreplanes were...

are sometimes located at the front of the aircraft (early airplanes and canards) or integrated into a rear "all-moving tailplane", also called a slab elevator...

science of aviation, including designing and building aircraft, is called aeronautics. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, whereas unmanned aerial...

("duck"), as the word canard (referring to its small forward wing) is French for "duck", and with the Russian aeronautics term for a canard wing being described...

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The ASL Valkyrie was a canard pusher configuration aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Syndicate Ltd in 1910. Examples were widely flown during 1911...

In aeronautics, air brakes or speed brakes are a type of flight control surface used on an aircraft to increase the drag on the aircraft. When extended...

2008. Transport Canada (May 20, 2010). "TP 14371 — Transport Canada Aeronautical Information Manual (TC AIM) RAC 1.9 Transponder Operation". Archived...

The HAL Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF) is a canard delta wing, twin-engine, carrier-based, multirole combat aircraft currently under development...

hands on throttle-and-stick Rudder pedals Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page 563. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997....

In aeronautics, a spoiler (sometimes called a lift spoiler or lift dumper) is a device which intentionally reduces the lift component of an airfoil in...

aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). A variant of the Sukhoi...

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The term can also be applied to horizontal surfaces in general (such as canards or horizontal stabilizers) for the angle they make relative the longitudinal...

biplane design with anhedral (drooping) wings, front double elevator (a canard) and rear double rudder. It used a 12 horsepower (9 kilowatts) gasoline...

the downwash angle. A canard aircraft may have its foreplane rigged at a high angle of incidence, which can be seen in a canard catapult glider from a...

1979 respectively, Rutan is responsible for helping popularize both the canard configuration and the use of moldless composite construction in the homebuilt...

aviation industry. His book "Canard: A Revolution in Flight" had the foreword written by Burt Rutan, a fitting authority in Canard design. For his last book...