Written and designed by Tim Bailiff
Video produced by Brandon and Lindsay Banich
Find the entire feature on page 38 in the September 2011 issue.
Read an abridged summary as well as video of the aircraft.
CANARDS ARE distinctive airplanes. Unlike most aircraft, the horizontal stabilizer and elevator are mounted in front of the wings. That’s uncommon to see flying today; however, the Wright brothers’ airplane had such a design.For this project, I used two Revell Super Stratosphere kits to build a single tricycle gear, pusher canard. Utilizing a tiny Spektrum AR6400 DSM2 receiver brick, I kept this little model lightweight, easy to control, and a blast to fly! My only real problem was what to name it. Flying the airplane in my front yard, I had an epiphany and it came to be called the Front Yard Canard.You can read more about the build on page 38 in the September 2011 issue of Model Aviation.Watch a video of this ingenious little airplane fly.
Comments
That is extremely creative.
That is extremely creative. Looking forward to reading the article. Might take a stab at it just for conversation starter on the flight field.
This looks like another one I just have to build!
Looking forward to seeing this September feature. Good to see that you cover the big builds (like the Blue Max in July 2011), as well as the simple builds like this one. Keep up the good work.
Ha. Love the idea! Nice
Ha. Love the idea! Nice change of pace by throwing in a fun project like this.
crash
Well, I guess if it crashes you're only out a few bucks instead of a few grand.
Front Yard Canard
Well done Joe,
I already had the revell birds on hand because of the Pond-e flyer. This might be first!
Those were REALLY nice multi point rolls in the video!
O'K so they were slow motion.
Keep em coming
Jim
Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!
Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!
Good Job Dad <3 Love you!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks
Thanks for makeing video. good engneering
Great job Tim i appreciate
Great job Tim i appreciate this creative work it has been very creative and innovative.
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