Hi simmers 😃

 

More Concorde..

EGLL before start

 

 

 

lets go..

 

 

 

 

 

 

goeing to 45000 feet with AP/AT on and MAX climb..

 

 

 

 

At Cruiselevel 60000 feet Mach 2 on my way..

 

cheers 😉

 

..next to come 😇

 

 

 

Do you need to have the A/T engaged with Max Cruise ?  This is not how the Concorde Cruise Climb usually worked, it was full throttle (no reheats) and then cruise climb as temperature and aircraft weight allowed.  Usually climb of 50fpm once at Mach 2.0.

22 minutes ago, MarkW said:

Do you need to have the A/T engaged with Max Cruise ?  This is not how the Concorde Cruise Climb usually worked, it was full throttle (no reheats) and then cruise climb as temperature and aircraft weight allowed.  Usually climb of 50fpm once at Mach 2.0.

This is from the DC DESIGNS CONCORDE MANUAL.pdf:

AUTOPILOT AND AUTOTHROTTLE PROCEDURE
Allow Concorde to accelerate to 250 knots, then disengage the reheat and pitch up
slightly to maintain that airspeed. Engage both Autopilots, select IAS HOLD and
AUTOTHROTTLE, then ALT HOLD at 4,000ft, and then select an altitude of 45,000ft.
Engage ALT ACQ. Concorde will now start climbing toward her cruising altitude. Press
MAX CLIMB on the AFCS to control the ascent rate.

Open the Tank 11 valves, and close the valves for tanks 9 & 10, and enable their
pumps. This will begin to shift fuel aft as Concorde climbs.
When the CG marker reaches 58%, close the valves to tanks 9,10 and 11. The CG
will now hold at around 58%.

At 36,000ft, the AUTOPILOT and AUTOTHROTTLE will select 540 knots to 60,000ft
altitude in MAX CLIMB setting. Concorde will continue to climb until she reaches
55,000ft and Mach 2.04, upon which the cruise will initiate.

After i reached 55000 feet i set the ALT to 60000 feet to test Mach 2 on 60000 feet.

 

That is what i did..

 

cheers 😉

Edited March 31, 20224 yr by pmplayer

Gorgeous shots bro! It was truly an exceptional plane...but it's really hard to fly especially when you switch from a 737NG. 😉 

1 hour ago, Alaska738 said:

Gorgeous shots bro! It was truly an exceptional plane...but it's really hard to fly especially when you switch from a 737NG. 😉 

Thanks bro,

If you can fly the Concorde you can fly every plane..😅

 

cheers 😉

Amazing set of the Concorde! She looks great in MSFS.

3 hours ago, MarkW said:

Do you need to have the A/T engaged with Max Cruise ? 

Don't know about this particular model, but IRL the AT was supposed to be engaged in MAX CRUISE.  While this mode is primarily speed-on-elevator for cruise climb as you described, external temperature changes could cause rapid changes to the mach number that would require  a large pitch change so as not to exceed maximum mach.  So in this mode Concorde's autopilot, uniquely to this day as far as I know, could also command the AT to reduce thrust when required.

Have a look at this post in a totally fascinating thread on pprune some years ago:

https://www.pprune.org/tech-log/423988-concorde-question-5.html#post5889619

6 minutes ago, lzamm said:

Don't know about this particular model, but IRL the AT was supposed to be engaged in MAX CRUISE.  While this mode is primarily speed-on-elevator for cruise climb as you described, external temperature changes could cause rapid changes to the mach number that would require  a large pitch change so as not to exceed maximum mach.  So in this mode Concorde's autopilot, uniquely to this day as far as I know, could also command the AT to reduce thrust when required.

Have a look at this post in a totally fascinating thread on pprune some years ago:

https://www.pprune.org/tech-log/423988-concorde-question-5.html#post5889619

Thanks for the info.  I need to double check my notes.  I have not flown the FS Labs Concorde in a few years and clearly very rusty on the procedures now.

540kts indicated at 60k ft...

That's cookin!

1 hour ago, pmplayer said:

Thanks bro,

If you can fly the Concorde you can fly every plane..😅

 

cheers 😉

lol, i have only a QT 737 😉 

2 minutes ago, Alaska738 said:

lol, i have only a QT 737 😉 

You may get it, i am shure bro !

And i am thinking PMDG`s 737 is not far away anymore..

 

cheers 😉

1 minute ago, pmplayer said:

You may get it, i am shure bro !

And i am thinking PMDG`s 737 is not far away anymore..

 

cheers 😉

It's been 2 weeks since there was an update which means that's good news! The release is very close now 😉 

Lovely pictures.... don't recall seeing 60,000 feet screenshot in years....🙂....enjoy...!!

 

Thanks to all comments and likes !

cheers 😉