My 2 cents: That canard is going to keep this thing out of a lot of airports. Just not enough runway.
It killed the Starship (among other things) - having the complexity (and weight) of a variable sweep canard to get the stall speed down and landings shorter.
25 posted on 07/28/2015 3:59:45 PM PDT by grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)