Re: [Jsbsim-users] Canard aircraft

[Alan T. <ajt...@v-...>]

Hi Bill

There is nothing special about a canard as far as JSBSim is concerned.

In flight there is a problem if the main wing stalls before the canard 
surface. If this happens this results in  is a nose-up pitch, which 
deepens the stall.

Many years ago (1970)  I produced a set of aero data and simulated the 
Lockspeiser LDA01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AWw0_Osl5U on our 
company flight simulator (BAC Weybridge) .  I produced the aero data by 
hand (i.e.using  graph paper and slide rule) using the RAeS data sheets, 
which were the UK equivalent of paper Datcom.

David  Lockspeiser, the constructor/designer/test pilot of this aircraft 
was a colleague at work and was one of the team of test pilots available 
to me for company work on the simulator.   My predictions were a 
reasonable match to the wind tunnel results, and to the aircraft 
handling when he flew it..

Alan