For an update on my Tiny Canard...
I was tired of it hanging in my shop, taunting me in the evenings, daring me to figure out why it didn't handle as nice as Hai-Lee's....
So I took it to FliteFest East with the plan of 'do or die' - I'd either get it flying right with help from people there, or I would declare myself a failure as an RC modeler and cry myself to sleep on the cold muddy ground.
Before I took the trip I added a front servo and canard flaps (wasn't easily possible to make the whole canard angle adjustable). When I pulled it out at the event, I started with some glide testing by the build tent. Noticed it really wanted to point it's nose to the sky and land on it's prop. So I added a 1/4 oz of lead. And then another 1/4 oz. And then it started to glide rather than crash. So I put it up in the air with my trusty 2s800 pushed way up in the nose, and my goodness! It flew!! I had some trouble keeping it from moving downwind, but by gaining some altitude on the crosswind legs, and diving into the upwind I was able to bring it back to my flying station. Then, just for fun, I had it hover almost perfectly in place and gently brought it down for a vertical landing in wind that was tossing Tubby Cubby's all over the field!!
My next bit of fun was confirming the ESC could handle a 3s1000 battery, and adding a couple paper streamers for color. Now I can power up the field when I need to, gently float around when I'm feeling stressed, and land on a dime in the wind. Love how it's performing!!
In fact, I was having so much fun with it, I used it as my main combat flyer - flew in 3 combats, made contact in each one, and was only taken out of the sky by an enemy streamer binding up one of my elevons :black_eyed: People loved that it was a Tiny Trainer in a new life, and I think I talked a couple people into trying it with their own Tiny Trainers.
I have a friend in my local RC club who found a source for thin (2mm) coroplast, and now I'm thinking of making a Tiny Trainer Combat Canard
In summary, I love the design Hai-Lee! I should have pushed my way through the CG issue a long time ago - my canard angle of attack was just too high for the CG from your plans, so anyone who decides to build one of these should not by worried by the build at all - if it doesn't want to glide, start adding some weight, and you'll end up with a lovely addition to your fleet!