Delta Canard
This is delta with a canard. Overall it looks a cross between a Eurofighter and a Viggen .. High alpha flight was desired, hence the canard has a fixed front plate set at 0% and a moving rear plate.. more like a tail plane with a elevator.. (pics speak better than words).. For pitch-up, the canard rear plate moves down and the elevons move up.. The canard is controlled by a separate servo (5 gms) The wing platform is a delta with a KF2 profile. The leading edge of the wing is covered with newspaper which has been applied with diluted PVC glue . After shrinking it forms a nice , smooth and taunt surface , and also adds to the torsional rigidity. The wing has two 1mmX3mm CF strips glued to the top and bottom to acts as a spar (with the 6mm foam in between them) The test flight showed tendency of sudden onset of tip stalls and dropping of a wing.. To delay this two wing fences were added to each wing ... also it had landed badly and damaged the motor mount (tail-...