What are the advantages of the Starship design?
1) Safety a) Stall resistant main wing. Like all good canard designs, the Starship’s forward wing (canard) is more heavily loaded that the main wing. In fact, the Starship’s forward wing has almost twice the loading of the main wing; 72.68 lbs/sq ft vs. 37.13 lbs/sq ft respectively. The result is that the forward wing stalls first while the main wing continues to provide lift and aileron control. When the Starship’s forward wing stalls, it is a relatively benign event. At stall angle of attack, the forward wing gently lowers itself to an angle of attack that gets it flying again. Under many conditions it does not even drop appreciably, but simply refuses to raise the nose to a higher angle of attack. Under other conditions, you can get the Starship into a pitch buck routine. Imagine holding full aft elevator through forward wing stall and beyond. The forward wing will stall, then it lowers itself to a flying angle of attack, then it gains lift raising the nose again, then the forward w
