chrisk Posted January 9, 2015 Report Posted January 9, 2015 For any traditional plane, wings produce an up force. The tail produces a down force. With a canard based design, both produce up forces, making them more efficient. And of course some planes have a tail and a canard. But they do look odd. I don't recall the name of this plane, but it is from Italy.
N201MKTurbo Posted January 9, 2015 Report Posted January 9, 2015 A few years ago I did some experiments to find out if I could improve the speed by readjusting the spring bungees to get the elevator in trail during cruise. I flew the plane and mis-trimmed it and used the elevator to get it back to level flight. I was able to fly it with the elevator horn one width above and below the horizontal stabilizer. I recorded the TAS at a number of positions through that range. Guess what? It was fastest at the factory setting! Not at the in trail position. The geniuses at Mooney figured this out a long time ago... 1 1
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