Culleningus
Well-Known Member
By increasing the size of a tailplane and adding positive camber the Center of Lift comes rearwards.
We end up with a flying Flea til the tailplane eventually gets bigger than the mainplane when it turns into a canard.
Langleys Aerodrome had the 2 mainplanes of equal proportions giving a center of Lift between the 2 wings.
Many of the first monoplane designs were able to place the pilot behind the Trailing Edge of the Mainplane (good downward visibilit) by incorporating a Delta shaped tailplane with positive camber and more tailplane area than is usually found today on conventional monoplane designs.
Does anyone know what the merits or failings are of a large oversized Delta tailplane placed close to the trailing edge of the wing in order to get the pilot into a position of fairly good visibility sitting behind the wing and not within it?
Dave
We end up with a flying Flea til the tailplane eventually gets bigger than the mainplane when it turns into a canard.
Langleys Aerodrome had the 2 mainplanes of equal proportions giving a center of Lift between the 2 wings.
Many of the first monoplane designs were able to place the pilot behind the Trailing Edge of the Mainplane (good downward visibilit) by incorporating a Delta shaped tailplane with positive camber and more tailplane area than is usually found today on conventional monoplane designs.
Does anyone know what the merits or failings are of a large oversized Delta tailplane placed close to the trailing edge of the wing in order to get the pilot into a position of fairly good visibility sitting behind the wing and not within it?
Dave
