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gbj_tester in reply to @Brun

Eurofighter has the 'little wings' at the front.

People call them wings, but that's a canard

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Brun in reply to @gbj_tester

People call them canards, but they're apparently* foreplanes.

*I couldn't give a toss either way, but some argue that canard refers to a configuration where the forward surfaces provide lift rather than just control.

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rodan in reply to @Brun

canard refers to a configuration where the forward surfaces provide lift rather than just control.

Hard to see how they could control without producing lift.
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midlife in reply to @Brun

I thought the reference to canards was in jest and a reference to an only fools and horses episode?

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