Now accepting Canard plans

[Meniscus]

Yes I said it. I figure, if I start thinking about and building a Canard, I may have something that runs decent in 2010.

All contributions welcome. To answer some of the questions: No, I haven't ever run a Canard, Yes I know I don't have the experience, No I do not need criticism, etc. etc. LOL

I hoping that, mixed in with my other builds, I won't get as discouraged as I do the slow build and testing.

Thanks for the input ahead of time.

[Simon.O.]

Go for it Ben !!
A canard is a far harder beast than a rigger for me, my rigger screams and with the same power and similar size hull I can not get my canard as fast.
There are a few reasons for this. My design may be flawed or my etup is all off, lastly a Canard may not be as fast as a rigger.
I am still working on it, and a few other mad ideas, because I agree with Rembrand over at RRR that a rigger may not be the fastest hull out there. It is at the moment but some people ar keen to try new ideas.

I will help you in any way that I can and look forward to seeing what other input is fed in here.

[Apples1]

GIve it a crack... i will try and did up some Stuff from a member that is running one with great success against all the other EA and EB riggers. Might be tough though

[Meniscus]

Thanks for the encouragement guys and Simon, I've been watching your builds even though I don't post there often.

I know someone has plans I can make my own LOL => that is, make my own mistakes!!!

[Apples1]

good luck, you have bigger Balls than me...... ( figurativly speaking )

[Meniscus]

The answer is, no I do not have any medical issues!

You did see my timeline right? LOL!

[785boats]

I've searched for plans but can't find any. I've got some sketches I drew up to build the X-WING but that's all.I based it on some photos of an Aeromarine Canard.
Here's one in action. My avitar is the X-WING
I used it as a guide to proportions.
The video is the X-WING running on 4s lipo.

http://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm201/785boats/?action=view&current=X-Wing.flv

Cheers.
Paul.

[Meniscus]

Paul, I was hoping you might post a response here. Thanks!

Do you have pictures of the back and bottom of your build and/or the Aeromarine?

I'm also hoping someone has pictures of the H&M canards as well.

[Meniscus]

Now accepting Canard plans...Now accepting all pictures.

Do you run turn fins with Canards? I'm wondering how you get them to turn at all!

[J Solinger]

Here are a few canard photos. I honestly don't know much about them but they where heavily tested in the late 80's early 90's with succes. Ed Fischer was someone that did alot of work with them. They don't use any turn fins on them, they work simularly to tunnel hulls. You will note the dihedral angle on the sponsons is pretty steep. I think it's worth playing with, for something different but effective.

[Meniscus]

Joe, what other pictures do you have up your sleeve? Do you have any pictures of the bottom of these types of hulls?

Thanks for the info regarding turn fins!

[Meniscus]

Oh and BTW, SWEET twin drive!!!

[ED66677]

Meniscus,
I did some clean draft from Simon's canard sketches, check out my web page for pdf or dxf file..

[Meniscus]

Cool! Thanks!

Are the ride pads typical angles? What other info have you gathered regarding the shape of the sponson bottoms?

[ED66677]

Are the ride pads typical angles?

what do you mean here?