Russell Kent wrote:

Paul Lamar wrote:

No.. no Rick you got it wrong. Cessnas have effective flaps that lower the landing
and crash speeds as God and Cessna intended. That is the reason for the trim.

You can't put flaps on a canard main wing as there is no, non, nada  pitch authority.

I don't want to get in the middle of this canard versus non-canard pissing match, but I believe that the Beechcraft Starship (a
cabin-class twin turbo prop pusher canard) had flaps on the main wing.

Russell Kent

It also had a variable sweep back canard that moved the center of canard lift
forward and back depending on the deployment of the main wing flaps.

Paul Lamar
 
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