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Are canard aircraft safe?
About 39% of all homebuilt accidents are caused by pilot miscontrol, but most of the canard aircraft score far better. The overall canard rate is 10 percentage points lower, which means canards suffer pilot miscontrol accidents about 25% less often.
Is Rafale better than Sukhoi 30 MKI?
Sukhoi is much better than Rafale. The speed of su 30mki is 2.1 to 2.2 mach. And most important point is that now su 30mki has Brahmos missile. Another fact that Su30 MKI is a 4.5 gen Fighter , puts it in an entirely different class than Rafale.
How does a canard affect the performance of an aircraft?
It decreases the total amount of lift that your aircraft needs to produce, which decreases drag. However, it does this at a cost – a canard can be destabilizing and decrease stall recoverability. Most aircraft use a horizontal stabilizer on the tail to maintain stability, like on a Cessna 172.
Why are canard-style airplanes more common than conventional planes?
In order to make the tail force on the conventional design more effective, it has to be farther back, adding weight from a tail cone or long empennage. Since the canard is helping with the lift, the main wing can be smaller, reducing weight and drag.
Can a canard be used without a delta wing?
But canards may be used without delta wing (e.g. Focke Wulf F-19, Soukhoï Su-47, Rutan Voyager,…), so I don’t understand why the canard wing configuration is not used among commercial aircraft. Short answer: Canards make most sense with negative static stability and high maneuverability.
Why was the canard on the Tu-144 not a control surface?
As jwenting pointed out, the canard on the Tu-144 was not a control surface, but should be considered a detached slat of sorts. Also, by adding some lift ahead of the wing it allows to lower the wing flaps in slow flight, increasing the lift potential of the main wing while maintaining the location of the center of gravity and stability.