Aerotuff Charger Canard Airborne

 

The latest aircraft designed and built using the Aerotuff aluminium concepts is the Aerotuff Charger Canard. This new rear driven canard was designed around the Aerotuff Delta wing design. A new technique incorporated in these designs is the bent tube nose thanks some window shopping at our local Aldi supermarket. I spotted a tube bender among their 'reduced price' items and immediately saw the potential. They say that window shopping is good therapy but I think it's much more than that. By perusing the shelves of hardware, haberdasheries, electronics and discount stores you can get so many ideas. Often, you can find me standing in a store isle, a blank look, staring at nothing as I visualize the way I will incorporate my latest find into a project. I may look vacant minded but I don't care, it works for me. Anyway, where was I, yes the Canard.

This aircraft was designed with a full flying nose plane and no rudder control. Large wing tip fins are incorporated to provide lateral stability. Completed, the Canard passed its first important test... the 'Sexy' test, the general consensus was, 'That looks hot.' This test is important because I believe in the old adage 'if it looks good it will fly well', but more to the point, who wants to fly an ugly airplane :).

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