%0 Journal Article %T Common aspects and differences in the behaviour of classical configuration versus canard configuration aircraft in the presence of vertical gusts, assuming the hypothesis of an elastic fuselage %A Octavian PREOTU %A Alexandru DUMITRACHE %J INCAS Bulletin %D 2011 %I National Institute for Aerospace Research ˇ°Elie Carafoliˇ± - INCAS %R 10.13111/2066-8201.2011.3.2.7 %X The paper analyzes, in parallel, common aspects and differences in the behavior of classical configuration versus canard configuration aircraft in the presence of vertical gusts, assuming the hypothesis of an elastic fuselage. The effects of the main constructional dimensions of the horizontal empennage on lift cancelling and horizontal empennage control are being analyzed %K vertical gust %K canceling %K lift %K empennage %U http://bulletin.incas.ro/files/preotu_octavian_v3_is2_full.pdf