In the canard configuration, a small wing, or foreplane, is located in front of the main wing. Some authors call it a stabilizer [11] [12] [13][14] or give to the foreplane alone a stabilizing role, [15] although as far as pitch stability is concerned, a foreplane is generally described as a destabilizing surface, [16] the main wing providing the stabilizing moment in pitch. [17] [18] [19]