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Originally Posted by bugstrider
Long EZ, bombing through the hills at 170mph. What a freaking rush
Looking toward the 200 mph mark when it's cleaned up and fared |
Please help me with this. I understood that the canard was a superior design due to stability and preventing a stall. Why didn't it catch on? (Full disclosure - I think I asked this before and I can't remember the answer!)
There are several based at my local GA airport. They go up usually on the weekends and when the weather is clearest, so to me they seem like "fun" or "sport" planes rather than simply transportation. A flying 911 of sorts. So why does a guy buy a 172 for $100K unless he needs it for transportation.
Obviously I'm biased, but I love to watch them cruise, and at the little airport diner you can watch them come in, kneel, and disgorge their passengers!
