There are not more canards for the same reason we keep QWERTY next to each other on a computer keyboard. Typwriter keyboards were designed so that a fast typist could not jamb the arms when typing quickly. It was discovered early that putting the above letters in that order would solve that problem. Today there is no need to do that, but we still hang on to the convention of QWERTY, there is no reason to do so today, it is a habit, a convention mindlessly branded into our culture. It would probably be easier to teach children to type in alphabetical order, but we cannot divorce ourself of our mindset. Maybe it is too much trouble to retool our minds and preconceptions. Perhaps it would be too expensive to shift production and impossible to retrain everyone. Conventional tailed aircraft are not better, but it is culturally ingrained as the way to do it. John Derstine
Endless Mountain Models [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.scalesoaring.net/EMM/rand.htm -----Original Message----- From: glidergeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Canards-- what a canard!!! . So, WHERE ARE ALL THE CANARDS???? Why do all the World Class sailplanes with a glide ratio of close to 60 to 1 have conventional tails? Why do all the pylon racers at Reno have a conventional tail? Why do all the corporate jets and fighter planes and RPVs and bush planes and flying boats and puddlejumpers and just-about- everything-else all have conventional tails? RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
