>
>> And note that the Avanti has most of the fuselage on front of the wing and
>> not much aft of it. So, a lot of structure and stuff in the front. I would
>> assume that things like batteries are located closer to the nose.
>
>One thing that makes the Avanti very unique is that it's not really a
>canard up front as it is does not contain any control surfaces. It is
>strictly a lifting surface equipped with flaps that deploy along with
>the flaps on the main wing. So there are two lifting surfaces (plus
>the fuselage itself) carrying the load. The tail, although claimed to
>be another lifting surface, really isn't. The main wing is located
>quite a bit behind the center of gravity. As is true with a Rutan
>canard design, the forward wing has a higher stall speed than the main
>wing.
They did a far better job of adapting Rutan's design concept than
Beechcraft did. I'm anxiously waiting for someone to use it in the design of a
commercial airliner to take advantage of the improved fuel economy offered by
the lower drag. Boeing had initially proposed it as the design for the
Dreamship, but later opted for a conventional design. Cowardice at the
drafting table!
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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