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Flat Spin · 31st August 2008, 10:57

So, having just read "Flying Concorde" by BC, it got me dreaming about how the old girl could be updated and returned to the air (yes, yes, I know it's not going to happen, before people pile in and give me 1000 reasons why it couldn't).

Better still, if we had a nice shiny new one from those sweet people in Toulouse, what features would we have? I have come up with the following over a coffee and a packet of HobNobs:

* Fly-by-wire (obviously)
* 70% composite airframe
* Carbon epoxy wing with coated metal leading edge for corrosion resistance
* Aluminium and composites for fuselage / empennage / nacelles etc
* Laminar Flow technology for wing
* Low sonic boom (somehow!)
* LCD cockpit blah blah
* 250 pax / Mach 2.0+ / 8000ft runways
* Ooh, and bigger windows

Any others?

31st August 2008, 10:57	#1 (permalink)
Flat Spin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: UK Posts: 308	Concorde update / son of Conc So, having just read "Flying Concorde" by BC, it got me dreaming about how the old girl could be updated and returned to the air (yes, yes, I know it's not going to happen, before people pile in and give me 1000 reasons why it couldn't). Better still, if we had a nice shiny new one from those sweet people in Toulouse, what features would we have? I have come up with the following over a coffee and a packet of HobNobs: * Fly-by-wire (obviously) * 70% composite airframe * Carbon epoxy wing with coated metal leading edge for corrosion resistance * Aluminium and composites for fuselage / empennage / nacelles etc * Laminar Flow technology for wing * Low sonic boom (somehow!) * LCD cockpit blah blah * 250 pax / Mach 2.0+ / 8000ft runways * Ooh, and bigger windows Any others?