For the most part, fixed-wing aircraft have the same configuration, but there's a type of plane that incorporates something different: Canards. A canard is a wing that is fixed before the main ...

it plans to fit the canard-configured Jetcruzer 450/500 with a hydrogen electrically powered engine to create a zero-emission aircraft. Jetcruzer has also developed a larger variant for ten ...

Significant experimental input was required to develop the controls for this plane. The canard is hung from the boom and has two flexible tabs that act as ailerons, banking the complete canard about ...