Just a thought on the 2d panel VAS issue - is there a way of specifying the default sizes in the panel.cfg?

 

Mike J

 

Probably a question that can only be answered by the developers on their forum.

 

http://forums.flightsimlabs.com/index.php?/forum/3-concorde-x/

Sorry Rick, on my phone now. The one I meant was just posted above this post by Ray

Thanks, Elaine and Ray

Great to see more quality add ons for Flight Sim platforms guys, for those wishing to see a review, we will reach out to the FSL team and see if we can organise one.

 

There is certainly a great deal of interest in this iconic aircraft.

+1.

I will need to read a good review and see some screen shots before I dole out any money on this.

 

I flew this sim back in fs9 and back then it was cutting edge for the platform. With the optimisation of VAS in P3d there should not be an issue with monitors over 1080.  My 2560 x 1440 "native" Dell Ultrasharp is not going below that, or my old eyes will not be able to see any gauges..

 

Regards

 

David

Question, is it possible to operate this aircraft with only one Saitek throttle quadrant by controlling engine 1 & 2 resp. 3 & 4 simultaneously?

Question, is it possible to operate this aircraft with only one Saitek throttle quadrant by controlling engine 1 & 2 resp. 3 & 4 simultaneously?

If you have FSUIPC, you could simply assign one of your levers to all 4 throttles. Although I have a CH quadrant with 6 available levers, I frankly do NOT use them with Concorde. The only time hardware throttles are useful is during taxi.

 

For 98 percent of the time, your throttles are going to be under the control of the autothrottle system and virtual flight engineer. You will slam them fully forward at takeoff (with the F4 key). If there is a noise abatement procedure, the VFE will pull the throttles back to a preset TLA angle, after about 1 minute, then slowly advance them back to full power as you climb. Once you turn the autopilot on, the autothrottles handle everything. If you have a short subsonic segment at 26,000 feet, the autothrottles control your speed. When you begin acceleration to supersonic, you turn the autothrottles off, hit F4 again for full throttle, turn on the reheats, pitch up to hold about 400 knots IAS. You will pass through Mach 1 within moments, after which you hit the MAX CLIMB button on the autopilot. You will never touch the throttles again during supersonic cruise.

 

On deceleration and descent, the VFE will again reduce power in three steps, (initiated by hitting the F2 key), finally ending up at idle. When you reach subsonic during approach, the speed is again set by the autothrottles, using the speed selector in IAS hold or IAS acquire. You disconnect the autothrottles just before touchdown, hitting F1 for idle at about 15 feet, and holding F2 for reverse thrust once on the runway.

 

Once you land, you actually need to shut down both inboard engines, to prevent over speed during taxi at idle.

 

In other words, hardware throttles are really NOT needed with Concorde

If you have FSUIPC, you could simply assign one of your levers to all 4 throttles. Although I have a CH quadrant with 6 available levers, I frankly do NOT use them with Concorde. The only time hardware throttles are useful is during taxi.

 

For 98 percent of the time, your throttles are going to be under the control of the autothrottle system and virtual flight engineer. You will slam them fully forward at takeoff (with the F4 key). If there is a noise abatement procedure, the VFE will pull the throttles back to a preset TLA angle, after about 1 minute, then slowly advance them back to full power as you climb. Once you turn the autopilot on, the autothrottles handle everything. If you have a short subsonic segment at 26,000 feet, the autothrottles control your speed. When you begin acceleration to supersonic, you turn the autothrottles off, hit F4 again for full throttle, turn on the reheats, pitch up to hold about 400 knots IAS. You will pass through Mach 1 within moments, after which you hit the MAX CLIMB button on the autopilot. You will never touch the throttles again during supersonic cruise.

 

On deceleration and descent, the VFE will again reduce power in three steps, (initiated by hitting the F2 key), finally ending up at idle. When you reach subsonic during approach, the speed is again set by the autothrottles, using the speed selector in IAS hold or IAS acquire. You disconnect the autothrottles just before touchdown, hitting F1 for idle at about 15 feet, and holding F2 for reverse thrust once on the runway.

 

Once you land, you actually need to shut down both inboard engines, to prevent over speed during taxi at idle.

 

In other words, hardware throttles are really NOT needed with Concorde

 

+1  Concorde is fairly unique in that for the vast majority of a typical flight the throttles are fully open!

I don't think this cfg option does anything in FSX-SE. My Concorde works fine in steam and I have never had an OOM with it.

me 2, Concorde runs great with my fsx se with many settings maxed out.

If you have FSUIPC, you could simply assign one of your levers to all 4 throttles. Although I have a CH quadrant with 6 available levers, I frankly do NOT use them with Concorde. The only time hardware throttles are useful is during taxi.

 

For 98 percent of the time, your throttles are going to be under the control of the autothrottle system and virtual flight engineer. You will slam them fully forward at takeoff (with the F4 key). If there is a noise abatement procedure, the VFE will pull the throttles back to a preset TLA angle, after about 1 minute, then slowly advance them back to full power as you climb. Once you turn the autopilot on, the autothrottles handle everything. If you have a short subsonic segment at 26,000 feet, the autothrottles control your speed. When you begin acceleration to supersonic, you turn the autothrottles off, hit F4 again for full throttle, turn on the reheats, pitch up to hold about 400 knots IAS. You will pass through Mach 1 within moments, after which you hit the MAX CLIMB button on the autopilot. You will never touch the throttles again during supersonic cruise.

 

On deceleration and descent, the VFE will again reduce power in three steps, (initiated by hitting the F2 key), finally ending up at idle. When you reach subsonic during approach, the speed is again set by the autothrottles, using the speed selector in IAS hold or IAS acquire. You disconnect the autothrottles just before touchdown, hitting F1 for idle at about 15 feet, and holding F2 for reverse thrust once on the runway.

 

Once you land, you actually need to shut down both inboard engines, to prevent over speed during taxi at idle.

 

In other words, hardware throttles are really NOT needed with Concorde

 

Great, thanks!

What will make  it  even  easier  to fly  is  for  Bryan  from fs2crew  to  make  a Fo  for  it,  but  unfortunately he is unable  to 

Seems like I wasted 80 bucks. OK I closed my eye on dated VC and 2D panel.  I watched long tutorials on youtube, and  after skimming through the manual decide to set up a "mickey mouse" test flight

 

I set everything on auto, and loaded "take off ready" cockpit. After brief uneventful take off I barely managed to get to FL180 (with full power). I didn't use autopilot or auto throttles, my flight engineer kept jerking throttles depending on my pitch altitude . After about 20 minutes of struggle  to reached FL260 and that was all I could get. All aircraft 2D panels switches became un-clickable...Beautiful..

 

OK I reloaded sim started with Cub and repeated test flight again - the same result. Really? "easy to fly"?

Hello,

 

please post your experience in our Flight Sim Labs Support forums and we'll assist you. There's a great tutorial that Darryl Shuttleworth invested a lot of time on, as well as a series of instructional videos by Ramon Cutanda that shed a lot of light on how to fly Concorde.

 

Also- there is a hotfix in the "v1.3 Latest Status" post in our forum that you should download to ensure best experience.

 

 

and after skimming through the manual decide to set up a "mickey mouse" test flight

 

And therein lies the problem. You might just get away with that in a less complex aircraft but with Concorde it will only end in tears.

 

Please refer to the tutorial and work your way through it. Time invested in that will reap benefits in the long term.

One more question, does Concorde X work fine with VOXATC?

Please refer to the tutorial and work your way through it. Time invested in that will reap benefits in the long term.

 

Well that's it.  That statement should be pinned on the top of every Forum  :smile:

 

I have also been very guilty of skimming through Tutorials 

And therein lies the problem. You might just get away with that in a less complex aircraft but with Concorde it will only end in tears.

 

Please refer to the tutorial and work your way through it. Time invested in that will reap benefits in the long term.

 

Hey Ray, How about you explain how to get pass FL180 since it appear you know way more than me in complex aircraft?