Is the Bede BD5 a tandem wing airplane, and not a mono wing?
The following picture (Source: Wikipedia.org) shows a Bede BD5 with a high angle of incidence on the horizontal tail, estimated at about 5 deg.
Being a rear engined airplane ( estimated fuel and engine north of 150 lbs) and with the main wing close to the pilot(150 lbs+), it seems the CG would be aft of the main wing.
Does this mean the vertical tail was used to generate some of the total lift (estimated at about 30%),in straight and level flight, thus making the BD5 a tandem wing, and not a mono plane?