To Chris Low et al:

I actually purchased the Flightsim Labs Concorde when it first came out back in 2019 - and I indeed spent a lot of hours "studying" and trying to learn all  the systems needed to fly it somewhat realistically... 

But in 2022, I would not buy an updated version of the Concorde.  I might, however, buy a real life supersonic passenger jet sim in the future where the new cockpit would certainly be as different as night and day from the Concorde...    

12 minutes ago, overspeed3 said:

But in 2022, I would not buy an updated version of the Concorde.  I might, however, buy a real life supersonic passenger jet sim in the future where the new cockpit would certainly be as different as night and day from the Concorde...  

Was it the old style gauges that put you off? Proper gauges as John Hutchinson (former Concorde pilot) called them, not these new poncy ones. 😉

Any new supersonic passenger aircraft will not be as beautiful as Concorde, it won’t fly as fast and it won’t have a droop nose. It might not even have reheats heaven forbid. In other words it will just become another bland aircraft albeit with a different shaped wing and little else to make it stand out in a crowd like Concorde did.

Concorde has become an aviation icon beloved by the British public. It retains a special place in our hearts just like the Mini and the Spice Girls. Well, okay, the Mini. 🤣

There will never be another aircraft like Concorde.

4 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

...Proper gauges as John Hutchinson (former Concorde pilot) called them, not these new poncy ones. 😉...

And the BAFTA for the best use of the word 'poncy' in a sentence goes to Ray Proudfoot!  Well done!  

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

 It retains a special place in our hearts just like the Mini and the Spice Girls. Well, okay, the Mini. 🤣

 

Any chance we can replace "Spice Girls" with "Beatles" ?

2 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Concorde has become an aviation icon beloved by the British public. It retains a special place in our hearts just like the Mini and the Spice Girls. Well, okay, the Mini. 🤣

Would that be the car or the skirt?

1 hour ago, MarkW said:

Any chance we can replace "Spice Girls" with "Beatles" ?

The Beatles wouldn’t have elicited a reaction. 🤣

22 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

Would that be the car or the skirt?

Both! 😁 Great times to be a young bloke! 👍

2 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

The Beatles wouldn’t have elicited a reaction. 🤣

Both! 😁 Great times to be a young bloke! 👍

Mini and mini. Quite a combination when viewed from a Zebra crossing.

2 hours ago, IanHarrison said:

Quite a combination when viewed from a Zebra crossing.

You might need to explain what that is for the benefit of our American friends. 😁

12 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

 

Both! 😁 Great times to be a young bloke! 👍

But not for a dad with 3 teenage daughters😒

26 minutes ago, jaytee73 said:

But not for a dad with 3 teenage daughters😒

I don't think I will say any more. I thought it was a bit risque when I posted it.

With all of the limitations / inconsistencies at it's present state that plague MFS FDM, in this particular case those pertaining to the modelling of delta wings, and in general to wings with any kind of sweep, like the incorrect calculation of the Center of Pressure that is moved the further forward the higher the sweep angle is, or those pertaining to Mach effects, I really think this is going to be a rather limited reprsentation of a Concorde in as far as flight dynamics go...

The FSX versions I have used in times of fs9 / fsx were as good as they could be, but the authors did have access to a set of coherent parameters and features that could help approaching what the aerodynamics of a Concorde are.

In X-Plane until XP11, probably solved by XP12, basic stuff like the variation of the moments of inertia with fuel distributions / consumption wasn't modelled, so, a Concorde in X-Plane up to v11 isn't any good either, I guess, unless some tricks are played in the background...

FlightGear, which is still probably the Master of Parametric FDMs there was a nice Concorde:

Concorde - FlightGear wiki

at least JSBSim allowed for a much more detailled representation of the aerodynamic characteristics of the real aircraft.

OTOH I read there's one comming for P3D... Now that's promissing flight dynamics-wise, and even systems-wise... Let's hope for the best on that version too.

But I bet it's going to become the most "Sexy Concorde" ever made available for a desktop flightsi, that is for sure !

 

Edited March 15, 20224 yr by jcomm

3 hours ago, jaytee73 said:

But not for a dad with 3 teenage daughters😒

A stressful time for you no doubt but hopefully they came through okay.

2 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

A stressful time for you no doubt but hopefully they came through okay.

They sure did - their ages now are 62 - 60 and 58 and so far 6 G kids and 3 GG Kids

Did a little video of Concorde's interior yesterday, which can be viewed on Facebook by anybody without having to log in, it's the first post. Obviously this isn't Passenger Cabin Simulator, but I felt it might help to give a sense of the atmosphere on board Concorde. Custom sounds not added yet, and passengers were switched off so the surroundings can be more clearly seen;

https://www.facebook.com/DCDesignsAircraft/