The Front Yard Canard


Written and designed by Tim Bailiff Video produced by Brandon and Lindsay Banich Find the entire feature on page 38 in the September 2011 issue. Read an abridged summary as well as video of the aircraft.

CANARDS ARE distinctive airplanes. Unlike most aircraft, the horizontal stabilizer and elevator are mounted in front of the wings. That’s uncommon to see flying today; however, the Wright brothers’ airplane had such a design.

For this project, I used two Revell Super Stratosphere kits to build a single tricycle gear, pusher canard. Utilizing a tiny Spektrum AR6400 DSM2 receiver brick, I kept this little model lightweight, easy to control, and a blast to fly!

My only real problem was what to name it. Flying the airplane in my front yard, I had an epiphany and it came to be called the Front Yard Canard.

You can read more about the build on page 38 in the September 2011 issue of Model Aviation.

Watch a video of this ingenious little airplane fly.





See another of Tim Bailiff's creation in the Summer 2011 Park Pilot issue.

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8 comments

Submitted by Micheal Browne (not verified) on July 11, 2011 - 8:48pm

That is extremely creative. Looking forward to reading the article. Might take a stab at it just for conversation starter on the flight field.
Submitted by Tom Sullivan (not verified) on July 12, 2011 - 9:57am

Looking forward to seeing this September feature. Good to see that you cover the big builds (like the Blue Max in July 2011), as well as the simple builds like this one. Keep up the good work.
Submitted by Alex Michaels (not verified) on July 12, 2011 - 4:30pm

Ha. Love the idea! Nice change of pace by throwing in a fun project like this.
Submitted by Norton (not verified) on July 13, 2011 - 7:58am

Well, I guess if it crashes you're only out a few bucks instead of a few grand.
Submitted by James Fisher (not verified) on August 22, 2011 - 8:21pm

Well done Joe, I already had the revell birds on hand because of the Pond-e flyer. This might be first! Those were REALLY nice multi point rolls in the video! O'K so they were slow motion. Keep em coming Jim
Submitted by Maggie (not verified) on August 19, 2011 - 11:25pm

Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!! Good Job Dad <3 Love you!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by don schlothauer (not verified) on August 30, 2011 - 8:24am

Thanks for makeing video. good engneering
Submitted by jeff smith (not verified) on February 3, 2012 - 2:57am

Great job Tim i appreciate this creative work it has been very creative and innovative.

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