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Hi Ray, thank you so much for the CB panel shots, and for all the time and effort it took to set up those views and get every panel in frame. That's really generous of you! They are a huge help: at 4K the strip titles, the individual breaker labels and the amp ratings are all readable, which is exactly what I needed to rebuild and label the aisle panels properly. I'll be working through them panel by panel over the next sessions. Thanks again, it's very much appreciated! Kind regards, Sven

Thanks Joshua, that's a kind offer – I'll gladly take you up on it once the systems are ready for outside testing.

Hi Joshua, thanks for the tip – I'll post in the Heritage Concorde group as well. To answer your question: not quite clean-slate. The 3D model and the flight model base come from the Colimata Concorde for XP12. Underneath it, though, nearly everything is our own: I'm building this together with Claude (Anthropic's AI) as my coding partner – I fly, test and decide, Claude writes the code and digs through the manuals. A few highlights so far: Own systems plugin (about 58,000 lines of C++, some 40 system modules): electrics with real bus logic and batteries as in the BA Flying Manual, hydraulics (green/blue/yellow), fuel with all 13 tanks, transfer and CG trim, engines and AICS intakes, air conditioning and pressurisation, anti-ice, fire, oxygen, INS (Delco CIVA), AFCS, weather radar, master warning system, flight data recorder. Every control has a real meaning: 1,069 cockpit controls inventoried; for 390 of them the correct position is set per flight phase (cold & dark to shutdown), each with its BA Flying Manual reference. Assistant with BA checklists: 129 checklist pages, 847 automatically checked items, flows per crew station (Captain / F/O / F/E) as in FM 2b chapter 06, and an optional virtual flight engineer who does the F/E's items for you. Browser panel: 33 pages (fuel, load & trim, electrics, hydraulics, briefing, flight planning ...) for a second screen or tablet. Source library: about 870 wiki pages built from the BA Flying Manual, maintenance manuals and wiring diagrams – the manual wins over guesswork. Testing: 116 automated test scripts plus test flights by checklist with random failures. Still a lot to do – the cockpit 3D work (CB panels, F/E station details) comes after the systems, which is why your photos and links are such a help. Cheers, Sven

Hi Ray, hi Joshua, Ray, thank you very much for the screenshots and for taking the time to make them. Seeing the complete upper and lower flight engineer's panel in 4K in a single view is a great help for checking the layout and the placards, and the electrical panel is particularly clear. Even though the CB panel isn't modelled as such, the labels on the strips are readable at full resolution, so that shot turned out useful as well. It also raised one question I'd like to ask, if you don't mind. In that picture I can see four CB panels per side along the aisle behind the seats, whereas I only have three per side so far. I'm also missing the lower panels down by the fourth crew member's (observer's) audio station and next to the oxygen panel, so I don't yet know which breakers are fitted there. If you find the time at some point, could you take a few more screenshots of those: each aisle CB panel on both sides, and the lower ones near the observer audio station and the oxygen panel, as straight-on and close up as possible so the labels can be read? No rush at all. Joshua, thanks a lot for the manuals link. I already had the BA Flying Manual volumes, but the Air France Memento was new to me and I've had a first look through it. The gear-down ceiling table, the descent tables and the sonic boom pages (APD/CPD) in particular fill some gaps in my notes. I'll also have a look at your FSL tutorials on fuel management and lateral imbalance. I'll keep you posted on how the project goes. And if anyone happens to have real photos of the aisle CB panels or the observer station, I'd be glad to see them. Thanks again, Sven

Hi Ray, thanks for moving it over here - and yes, good guess! It's the Colimata Concorde as a base. I'm gradually building my own systems underneath it and reworking the cockpit details to match the real BA aircraft as closely as I can, using the manuals and photos like Gareth's. Your friend's frustration sounds familiar - that's pretty much how my project started. And I fully agree with you: the FSL Concorde is the gold standard, which is exactly why your screenshots of the circuit breaker panels and the engineer's station would be such a valuable reference for me. Thanks again for your help, and have a nice weekend! Kind regards, Sven

Hi everyone, first of all, sorry for my late reply - and a big thank you for all your help! Gareth (simfan1983), thank you so much for sharing your photos! They are far better than you made them sound. The ones from G-BOAC in Manchester with the panels powered up are pure gold for me, especially the flight engineer's panel with all the lights on and the close-up of the electrical panel. The Bristol and Brooklands shots are a great help, too. Phil, thank you for the kind offer! Yes, I'd be very happy to see your Manchester cockpit pictures, and the external close-ups would be welcome as well. Ray, thanks a lot - and of course to your question: it's a private hobby project of mine. I'm trying to recreate the Concorde flight deck in X-Plane as faithfully as I possibly can, down to the individual switches, lights and placards - and that's exactly where detailed pictures of the circuit breaker panels and the engineer's station are so hard to find. So a few screenshots of those areas from the FSL Concorde would help me a lot whenever you're back at your PC. No rush at all. Charlie, thank you for the Getty link! Thanks again to all of you - this community is great. Kind regards, Sven

Hi everyone, I'm on the lookout for photos of the real Concorde flight deck, ideally in high resolution. I'd especially love shots of the circuit breaker panels, the flight engineer's station and the jump seats - but honestly, every detail is welcome. Maybe some of you have been inside one at a museum, or still have a few pictures tucked away somewhere? And if you happen to fly the latest version of the FSLabs Concorde-X, a few detailed screenshots of the circuit breaker panels and the engineer's panel would be a lovely bonus as well. I'd be really grateful for any message. Kind regards, Sven