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	Canard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In aeronautics, canard (French for duck) is a type of fixed-wing aircraft in which the tailplane is ahead of the main lifting surfaces, rather than behind them as in conventional aircraft.
		The canard surface normally produces positive (upwards) lift which adds to the overall lift, whereas a conventional tailplane normally produces a downforce, partially cancelling the lift from the main wings.
		Deploying flaps causes a large nose-down pitching moment, but in a conventional aeroplane this effect is considerably reduced by the increased downwash on the tailplane which produces a restoring nose-up pitching moment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canard (440 words)

	Canard
		To place the canard, the lower fuselage was again precisely leveled and the canard set into position and adjusted to the correct angle of incidence.
		The canard bed is now shaped so as to result in the correct angle of incidence when the canard itself is dropped into position and bolted down.
		The canard cover is set in place in the fuselage and layups are made on top of the aluminum tape covered wax to form the flanges on either side of the nose.
	www.rguerra.com /velocity/canard/canard.nclk (686 words)

	Nicolas Francois Canard
		Canard's main contribution to economics arose as an essay submitted in 1801 to an Institut de France contest.
		Echoing Cantillon and drawing an analogy with the circulation of fluids, Canard discussed how these flows need to be balanced to achieve equilibrium and how the forces of individual interest and competition operate to achieve this balance.
		It is partly for this reason that mathematical economists, particularly Augustin Cournot, struggling to draw attention to their work, felt that the shadow of Canard was being used by the academic establishment to dismiss them.
	cepa.newschool.edu /het/profiles/canard.htm (508 words)

	Canard (computing) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In computing, Canard (French for duck) refers to "a mistaken and confused belief", as in the following example: "Although Multics was much derided at the time by its critics, history has shown these complaints to be canards."
		For those unfamiliar with computer jargon, this usage can be misleading because, in English, canard connotes an intention to deceive — specifically, by spreading an absurd, overstated tale: "M.P. So-and-so again brought up the tax reduction canard in spite of the fact that taxes have actually risen".
		Following the 1981 publication of Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Soul of a New Machine (Atlantic Monthly, Boston), the term, which had been in-house slang at Data General (the manufacturer of the supermini which was the subject of the book) spread throughout the computer world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canard_(computing) (220 words)

	ASK DJ Aerotech Question
		In the case of a typical canard aircraft where the wing and canard both lift upwards, the middle part of the wing (the part that makes most of the lift!) has to fly through the perpetual downdraft created by the canard.
		In the case of the canard layout, the canard is supposed to stall first.
		Theoretically, that is. In some canard aircraft with very low wing loadings and long wings (such as sailplanes), it's possible in a tight turn to get a big difference in airspeed between the inside wingtip and the rest of the wing.
	www.djaerotech.com /dj_askjd/dj_questions/canard.html (3052 words)

	About Canard Aircrafts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In case of a Canard aircraft, however, pitch stability is a function of the balance between the lift generated by the main wing and the canard.
		On canard aircraft, all of the induced drag is associated with generation of lift enough to support the weight of the aircraft.
		On well designed canard aircraft, the canard is designed to stall before the main wing when excess angle of attack is encountered.
	www.velocitybuilder.com /about_canard_aircrafts.htm (587 words)

	Aerodynamic engineering - Canard-wing configuration?
		As Wade Langford mentionned, the canard are not used to increase lift, but they are an aircraft configuration for Delta wing airplane (whitout horizontal tails to maneuver the plane) by placing canards in front of the airplane.
		Canard arrangements have interesting styling effects, and they can be made to be safe with a lot of extra effort; so they might be ok for sport airplanes and certain special purpose airplanes, but they are not recommended where the ultimate performance, efficiency, comfort, and utility are desired.
		Canard design seems to be stuck in a first generation sort of situation, sort of like the way monoplanes were when they first came out.
	www.eng-tips.com /viewthread.cfm?qid=22870 (4622 words)

	canard - Wiktionary
		canard is a French word meaning duck (see below).
		It has been suggested that there was a French phrase "to half-sell a duck" which meant to fool or cheat someone.
		A a type of aircraft in which the primary vertical control surface is in front of the main wing.
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/canard (138 words)

	<---CANARD--->
		One of the plans for the future is to have a weekly "from the vaults" download where we'll feature an unreleased or out of print mp3 from any variety of my ridiculous amount of projects over the years.
		Canard's health continues to improve and we've been working on a clutch of new songs...
		Bad news from the Canard camp: Mike tore up his knee at our Atlanta show and is out of commission for the time being.
	canardband.com (942 words)

	Canard at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The earliest models, such as the Santos-Dumont 14-bis, were seen by observers to resemble a flying duck — hence the name.
		The canard surface normally produces positive (upwards) lift whereas a conventional tailplane normally produces a downforce.
		The Beech Starship attempted to overcome this problem with a swing-wing canard surface which swept forwards to counteract the effect of deploying flaps, but many canard designs have no flaps at all.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Canard.html (351 words)

	<---CANARD NEWS ARCHIVE--->
		Canard had a blast last week at the radio station and at the acoustic show (setlist here).
		Canard and the boys have been woodshedding for the upcoming CD Release show November 21 at FSU's Club Downunder.
		Canard and the boys got a bit of a snootful and ended up owing the Cow Haus—oops, Beta Bar—$10 for beer after we got paid...
	canardband.com /news.html (2646 words)

	control surfaces for canard? - RC Groups
		If you go to their main page, click on "Ask J and D", then type "canard" in the search box, you will find a bunch of articles that discuss canards in one way or another, and this article is the first one.
		A Canard aircraft is one in which the horizontal stabilizer and elevators are ahead of the main wing.
		The popsicle sticks on the canard are to hold the elevators in neutral for the test glides.
	www.rcgroups.com /forums/showthread.php?t=48803 (1312 words)

	EZ Squadron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This gathering is for all canards and especially Varieze since the first flight of the Varieze prototype was thirty years ago this May. It is looking more and more likely that Oshkosh will be the location especially with the announcement that SpaceShipOne and Wight Knight will be on display.
		All canard flyers are invited to the Varieze 30th anniversary gathering.
		Canard Aviators Archive, The archive is a searchable forum of all the email messages from the Canard Aviators group.
	www.ez.org (6574 words)

	Canard Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some of the early canard designs bore a strange resemblance to their namesakes.
		The large variety of canard designs illustrates that, unlike the case of aft-tail designs, a consensus on optimal canard size has not yet emerged.
		For a particular project, several canard sizes may be tried to achieve the best compromise.
	www.desktopaero.com /appliedaero/configuration/canards.html (204 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		Canard means 'a false story; hoax' in French, which is where the English sense directly comes from.
		But the full phrase, in use since Middle French, is vendre un canard a moitie (with accents omitted), which means 'to cheat or swindle', and literally means 'to half-sell a duck', since to half-sell a duck is the same as not selling it at all.
		This sense of canard is first found in English in the middle of the nineteenth century.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=20010727 (266 words)

	canard flap location..??
		In a canard aircraft it is important that the canard stall before the main wing and that the main wing go through zero lift before the canard.
		The limiting factor on take-off speed and landing speed on a canard aircraft is the ability of the canard/elevator unit to reach enough lift to compensate for its considerable loading.
		An all flying canard or plain flap/elevator on the canard will pitch the plane up to high angle of attack without stalling the main wing as long as the CG is set for stable flight.
	www.rcuniverse.com /forum/fb.asp?m=2407357 (3077 words)

	Mandala Custom Shapes :: Boards :: Canard Quad
		The Canard Quad has the same fin surface area and holding power as a Twin Keel, but with added release through the fins.
		Strong and light, the Canard Quad shares the same template and foil of its marine-ply cousin, but with a removable fin set-up which facilitates easy travel and fin replacement.
		The standard glassing schedule for the canard quad is 6oz/6oz deck, 6oz bottom, with a tapered red cedar stringer for controlled flex.
	www.mandalacustomshapes.com /canardquad.html (269 words)

	Canard Builders
		We have checked all of the EZs at Mojave with no sign of any problems but that probably was to be expected, this being a desert with only a few inches of rainfall in a good year.
		He did not build this airplane, and the history of this airplane is not known, but it currently is based on the East Coast in a salt water environment and the corrosion was significant enough to cause this pilot to dig out all of the hinge brackets and replace them.
		The corrosion took place inside the canard, where the bracket was floxed into place in the high density foam insert.
	www.rutanaircraft.com /htmlpages/canard.html (4620 words)

	Canard Advantages and Disadvantages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This results in the need for both large canard aerodynamic incidence change and high maximum canard lift coefficient.
		Power effects on canard - deep stall: Accidents have been associated with tractor canard configurations for which the propeller slipstream has prevented canard stall before wing stall.
		By choosing a canard which is somewhat too big or too small the aircraft performance can be severely affected.
	www.desktopaero.com /appliedaero/configuration/canardprocon.html (342 words)

	Le Canard Enchaine \| A French Bistro
		The fame of Le Canard began to be established in 1986 by Chef/owner Jean-Jacques Carquillat as one of Kingstons first fine dining restaurants, Le Canard quickly established itself as one of the Hudson Valley's premier dining establishments with excellent reveiws from Zagat's Survey calling Le Canard "The best French restaurant north of Manhattan,"
		Le Canard has been voted the best french bistro, best cassoulet, and best business lunch by Hudson Valley Magazine, and has been reviewd by the New York Times on several occasions with a rating of "excellent".
		Le Canard is situated in the heart of Historic Uptown Kingston, filled with rich history from the days when Kingston was the capitol of New York.
	lecanard-enchaine.net (230 words)

	At Le Canard, classic French fare Americanized - Washington Weekend - The Washington Times, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A canard is a duck, but in the French vernacular, a canard is also something false, often a joke, and a little lump of sugar that grandmothers dip in coffee and give to their grandchildren when parents aren't looking.
		A starter of coquilles St. Jacques in the classic French style is served in a creamy wine sauce topped with bread crumbs or cheese and lightly browned; it's usually served in a scallop shell.
		At Le Canard, three large sea scallops are topped with a mushroom sauce and accompanied by a small green salad.
	washingtontimes.com /weekend/20051130-093901-5246r.htm (796 words)

	Robert Scheer's Canard-o-Matic
		Columnist Robert Scheer's columns about Iraq all started to sound the same after a while, so I did an exhaustive analysis of his columns from the first few months of the year, and confirmed that they simply recycle through the same old canards.
		It's almost as if Scheer has a machine that spits out random combinations of canards each week.
		The table shows which canards were used in which day's column.
	www.usefulwork.com /shark/canard-o-matic.html (1759 words)

	Canard Aviation Inc.
		Canard Aviation Inc. is providing the server, and Mike bought the software.
		The password for this account is public, so anyone can log in as "The newbie wimp" and ask anything they like without fear of being slammed, embarrassed or ridiculed.....
		Canard Aviation Inc. offers repair, construction and training services for composite aircraft.
	www.canardaviation.com (332 words)

	The Grand Canard - MP3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Grand Canard are a guitar based indie rock trio presently playing at most London venues.
		The Grand Canard play at venues generally around the north London area, but can occasionally be seen further away.
		The tracks are early songs and act as a taste of what to expect if you decide to watch them live.
	homepage.virgin.net /grand.canard (251 words)

	RJ.03 IBIS canard experimental aircraft
		The aircraft I decided to build is an RJ.03 IBIS ('The French canard'), hence the name of this documentation project.
		A short summary could be that I like the non-conventional layout of a canard airplane and that IBIS is an easy and economical aircraft to build, operate and maintain.
		Think about it: powered with less than 80 HP, an IBIS airplane is a two seater that provides roughly the performance of a four seater Cherokee.
	ibis.experimentals.de (526 words)

	The Duck Files - Le Canard enchaîné
		The Canard Enchaîné is an independant political newspaper published every Wednesday in Paris.
		This week's Canard has a short item about the close relationship between Ivory Coast's leader Laurent Gbagbo and their religious guru Moïse Koré and the state of Israël.
		Wednesday October 22nd - Claude Angeli of the Canard Enchaîné published a piece on Chirac's humiliation by Bush at the U.N. According to Angeli, Chirac's visit in New York was "humiliating".
	www.miquelon.org /duckfiles (1492 words)

	Canard Zone - Powered by vBulletin
		The "french canard", a composite made of wood and foam, smaller than a Long-EZ.
		The Open-EZ project is a generic set of supplemental drawings that can be used to build a tandem 2-place canard aircraft.
		Any and all input is encouraged towards improving The Canard Zone community and forums.
	www.canardzone.com /forum (550 words)

	Canard-Rotor-Wing UAV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The CRW would spin a center wing to take off like a helicopter.The vehicle would then accelerate to about 120 knots when flaps would deploy from the front and rear wings.
		Once the rotorcraft is at a sufficient forward velocity, the required lift generation is transferred from the rotor to a canard and horizontal tail.
		Flap deployment would off load the spinning center wing, which could then stop rotation and be locked into a position across the fuselage to perform as a third wing.
	www.fas.org /irp/program/collect/crw.htm (469 words)

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