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Originally Posted by daepp
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!)
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The canard enables achieving a slower stall speed, but it takes longer to recover from.
Don't ever stall a canard at low altitude.
At least this is what I understand, somebody else with actual experience can chime in and correct me if need be.
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