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Old 11-08-2008, 09:56 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Hi FX...,

I am not sure using the whale tubercles on a canard aircraft is a good idea. The idea of the canard aircraft is that the canard is designed so that it stalls before the main wing, as speed decreases. This way the angle of attack of the main wing never increase into the stall regime.

So, if you put tubercles on the canard wing, it does not stall. And the angle of attack of the main wing can be reached where it does stall, and the aircraft falls out of the sky.

Maybe you could put turbercles on the main wing, and then thin up the section of the canard. All would have to be tested very carefully.

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