Most MSFS2020 Concorde Users Make this Mistake

So I went to the Paris Air and Space Museum and was so excited to see Concorde that I couldn’t resist giving a virtual tour of the cockpit using their interactive app.

Being a hardcore Concorde flight simmer for years certainly helped!

Here's a short video of the experience. I had to cut out parts where other people were in the video asking questions for obvious reasons.

An important point about the Autothrottle usage is discussed within: The A/T is used for cruise and approach only - not climb (which I've seen many msfs users doing which makes me want to do this: 🤦‍♂️)

I've never used the autothrottle while climbing — it's simply pointless. Moreover, It's completely optional to use it in supercruise.

"Max Climb" and "Max Cruise" modes do their job very well even without the autothrottle.

Many people compare the Concorde to an Airbus and its "climb" mode.

Most of the Concorde’s flight is performed with the throttle levers at full power.

Thanks to the engine rating systems and the autopilot’s excellent "max climb" modes, there’s simply no need to touch the throttle levers.

Concorde flies best at maximum speed, so why limit it? Sometimes, while climbing, you can reduce thrust slightly if the center of gravity (CG) shift isn’t keeping up with the Mach number.

However, this happens very rarely and is usually because the pilot didn’t start pumping fuel in time or miscalculated the fuel limit in the 11th tank. But you don’t need the autothrottle for this.

What was originally intended to be a private memory quickly turned out to be an interactive experience as a crowd gathered to hear my explanation.

Even other visitors doing other tours started to notice. It was a very proud moment for me. :)

Hope this helps fellow concorde fans and enthusiasts.

Cheers,

Joshua757