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Old 08-22-2008 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by flynavyj
As I recall, the Piaggio doesn't have a Canard, but instead a forward wing....Just hopeful i'll get a call for an interview, so i can regurgitate that to someone when it matters.
Yes, that is a forward wing (no elevators on it). All three airfoils are lifting surfaces (plus the fuselage). But if it flies like a duck, and snarls like a duck...
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Old 08-22-2008 | 12:08 PM
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Yep behaves like a canard aircraft. It's not called a canard wing for one reason: movable surface. A canard wind does not have a movable surface. The Piaggio does.
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Old 08-25-2008 | 12:47 PM
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You're a bit off on the canard thing.

A canard does have a movable surface. It moves to control pitch. The piaggio does not have a movable forward wing to control so it is therefore called simply the forward wing.

The forward wing does have a flap but as a surface it does not control pitch. The elevator does that. The starship had no elevator and used the canard to control pitch.
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Old 08-26-2008 | 05:37 PM
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Thanks for the correction. I guess I got the other way around.
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