Concorde

[Floule]

Hi everybody

I just asked myself if there was some spacecraft-master who did a replica of the concorde. So i googled it, an the only thing i found was a concorde, back from 0.16.

So does somebody know of a concorde that includes all the things from 0.21 or even 0.22?

Would be really awesome, because the concorde is really a queen!

Maybe i will to try to build one by myself, but i think that would end up with a really messed up debris field all over the runway

Edited October 17, 2013 by Floule

[guz667]

Haha, give yourself more credit! I'm sure you can do it.

A Concorde was one of the first things I wanted to do...maybe I'll do one for 0.22.

[Floule]

Haha, give yourself more credit! I'm sure you can do it.

A Concorde was one of the first things I wanted to do...maybe I'll do one for 0.22.

Well, I will try it. But not right now. I gave my kerbals some vacation because of GTA V

Don't forget to show me your results, if you will make one!

[shoveycat]

Hmm, i feel like i could do a really good one with B9, but i'll give it a shot with stock

EDIT: Building bug, lost all my progress, probably get it up tommorow!

Edited October 18, 2013 by shoveycat

[Andrew Hansen]

I think a great-looking Concorde could be made with Procedural Wings and B9. (They should work in 0.22 I think.)

[M5000]

I'll attempt it if you let me know the following:

-Does it have to be stock?

-If not, will you accept one made with PWings and POSSIBLY B9 Aerospace?

Also, it probably won't be able to hold all the people it should be able to, as there's not a whole lot of fuselage options..

[Floule]

Hmm, i feel like i could do a really good one with B9, but i'll give it a shot with stock

EDIT: Building bug, lost all my progress, probably get it up tommorow!

Nothing better like a ton of work getting kicked into narnia

Do you have an idea on how to make an afterburner? My only idea would be some spike engines.

If you got a first prototype or something like that, feel free to post a pic!

[Floule]

I'll attempt it if you let me know the following:

-Does it have to be stock?

-If not, will you accept one made with PWings and POSSIBLY B9 Aerospace?

Also, it probably won't be able to hold all the people it should be able to, as there's not a whole lot of fuselage options..

Well, stock would be cool, but as we all know the possibilities with stock are very limited. So, yes, of course you can use those two great addons.

I didn't even thought about the option to put 100 kerbals into it. But its absolutely okay, if this isn't possible.

Also, feel free to post pictures, if you got something to start with!

[M5000]

Well, stock would be cool, but as we all know the possibilities with stock are very limited. So, yes, of course you can use those two great addons.

I didn't even thought about the option to put 100 kerbals into it. But its absolutely okay, if this isn't possible.

Also, feel free to post pictures, if you got something to start with!

Alright, I'll try to get started in the next few minutes here. I'm actually looking forward to this, as the Concorde was one of my favorite planes of all time. Certainly in the top 25.

EDIT: Seeing as this is an untested vehicle and I'm too lazy to even take screenshots, here is the .craft file on RapidShare, since Spaceport is for finished, refined things only.

I've flown it a bit, not HORRID to fly, but not the best either. It flies exactly like you'd expect a huge airliner to. I've clipped some canards into the front, as well as used the stock thrust-vectoring turbojets instead of the B9 non-vectored ones. Without those modifications, it would NOT be able to keep the nose down at speed. I haven't flown and landed it but maybe you're a better pilot. It CAN take off of the runway without using the drop-off at the end, but watch your tail, as it is exceedingly easy to do a tail-strike and blow off your engines. Action groups are defined on a B9 Info Drive that pops up at launch.

Uses PWings and B9 Aerospace, no other mods.

Get it here.

Please do let me know how she flies and looks. I think I got the looks down pretty well.

Edited October 18, 2013 by M5000

[shoveycat]

Alright, I'll try to get started in the next few minutes here.

....and the race begins....

[shoveycat]

Admitedly not the closest to the original design, but it flies fast and damn straight.

http://www./download/sx1y0adpvcy90qs/Concorde.craft

[SFJackBauer]

So lets have one stock and one modded variant - here is the modded (only B9 needed):

http://www./download/o9rjucxinq24kpd/B9_Concorde.craft

[fcdrifter13]

I made this in about 15mins.

1800kn with after burner (action group 2)

22km ceiling or more it wasnt out of air but was getting a little light in the front

Max speed??????

Its a big plane so you have to max very small adjustments. Take off is a little weird, full power to all engines start climb at 100m/s it will lift off i promise. at 200m/s turn off after burners. Climb and go fast.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b8qh52717qeetbb/Concord.craft

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[Sovek]

So lets have one stock and one modded variant - here is the modded (only B9 needed):

http://www./download/o9rjucxinq24kpd/B9_Concorde.craft

Thats a great plane, thanks for the link. It could use a bit more fuel IMO but still, its fun to fly around. The major complaint I've had with it though is that it is COMPLETLY uncontrollable and you get up to high altitude/speed. Its down right impossible to get the nose down and just keeps pitching up.

[M5000]

Thats a great plane, thanks for the link. It could use a bit more fuel IMO but still, its fun to fly around. The major complaint I've had with it though is that it is COMPLETLY uncontrollable and you get up to high altitude/speed. Its down right impossible to get the nose down and just keeps pitching up.

Yes, this design looks very similar to the one I submitted, I mean very close. It actually looks like an older version I ended up scrapping for that very reason during the build process. To fix the light nose, use the stock TurboJets and clip some canards in the front. The canards may be optional, but those B9 jets do not have thrust vectoring, so you're relying on those control surfaces only to keep the nose down.

[SFJackBauer]

Thats a great plane, thanks for the link. It could use a bit more fuel IMO but still, its fun to fly around. The major complaint I've had with it though is that it is COMPLETLY uncontrollable and you get up to high altitude/speed. Its down right impossible to get the nose down and just keeps pitching up.

Hah, that's expected, I'm better at designing planes in KSP that looks good than ones that fly good... always learning though.

[shoveycat]

Whoops, i forgot to mention that my Concorde can cruise at 1700 MPS, using FAR, and very controllable the whole way

[Baza]

I designed a concorde as part of my youtube series Using the procedural wings mod and B9 Areospace