Jetboy Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I am looking for information on canard design, i.e. canard area, moment arm lengths from wing, CG calculations etc. Are there any inexpensive programs or books out there that can assist with such design criteria? thanks, JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karoliina Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 At least you could try something with X-plane. http://www.x-plane.com It is an aerodynamic simulator which evolved into a flight simulator and it is available for Windows, MacOSX and Linux. I have a book called Aerodynamics for Engineers. That was supposed to be the easier choice of the two kind of bibles in this area. Still, the mathematics there is very hard to interpret even with an engineer's background. The book is full of very complex integrals. It is about aerodynamics in general and not just about canards however, I don't know if there would be some simplified text somewhere out there. Maybe someone else more informed might be able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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