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Forum: Tech Log
18th Jun 2015, 16:01
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

leb001, While it's a nice pic, the artist has...

leb001,
While it's a nice pic, the artist has been taking a fair amount of artistic liberties....
For instance, the door located at the forward end of the wing, just forward of the emergency exit,...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Jun 2015, 22:01
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

leb001, I'm afraid 1-GEE is a nonsense...

leb001,
I'm afraid 1-GEE is a nonsense registration. A British Concorde registration would be "G-" followed by four letters.
But, if you can post a photo of the painting, it may be possible to...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Mar 2014, 17:44
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

consub, Slightly amazed about your note re the...

consub,
Slightly amazed about your note re the 5400 series TTL being embargoed.
I pulled a random board from "my" AICU, and all of it is 5400 series, datecodes 71 and 72.
I hope you can tell us...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Apr 2012, 20:26
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Gordon is right: the flight control inverters...

Gordon is right: the flight control inverters converted the 28V DC aircraft supply to the 26V AC 1800Hz that supplied the flying controls.
And the 1800Hz was chosen because it's halfway between the...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Feb 2012, 16:30
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

MIA-IAD is less than a 1000 nm hop, so the...

MIA-IAD is less than a 1000 nm hop, so the question is really "was the fuel cheaper in Miami, so they tanked up there and only topped up in Washington?" (unlikely, flying fuel around is a waste of...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Feb 2012, 14:15
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

YearoftheTiger, Good sources of detailed...

YearoftheTiger,
Good sources of detailed drawings are the 'IPC' (illustrated Parts Catalogue) and the 'SRM' (Structural Repair Manual).
Originals (paper) are rarer than the proverbial rocking...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Feb 2012, 17:18
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Shanewhite, define "components".... If you...

Shanewhite, define "components"....
If you count every rivet, every bolt, every resistor in the electronics... you'l easily get to a few million....
I don't think YearoftheTiger is going to quite...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Feb 2012, 11:59
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

I'm not sure to what extent you intend to model...

I'm not sure to what extent you intend to model the mechanism... but I wouldn't call it simple.

It's not Rube Goldberg, but it's still a pretty complex mechanism, with rails, hydraulic cylinders,...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Feb 2012, 21:45
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

johnjosh43, You're quite right about the cable...

johnjosh43,
You're quite right about the cable 'problem'.
It's not even typical to Concorde.... airframes are aluminium, while the control cables are steel, so the expansion factor is not the same,...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Feb 2012, 21:31
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

I really like this question..... and I admit to...

I really like this question..... and I admit to still being baffled....

A Mirage 2000, a Rafale or a Mirage F1 is only about 15m (50ft) long.
Yet the booms we get locally (see above re returns...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Jan 2012, 15:48
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Thanks MathFox, for looking up the link to the...

Thanks MathFox, for looking up the link to the Wiki article.
I just read it, and I wasn't impressed... it's more historical than a clear explanation of what analogue computing really is and does. I...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Jan 2012, 22:59
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Sorry all, this is now forty years back,...

Sorry all, this is now forty years back, literally....
So no, I don't have all the block diagrams and circuit diagrams in my head any more... I'll have to look through what I still have in the way...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Dec 2011, 22:44
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

I doubt the "scalded cat" went all the way to...

I doubt the "scalded cat" went all the way to 60,000 ft on that particular trip....

CJ
Forum: Tech Log
16th Dec 2011, 22:39
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Nope. IIRC you had to push/pull the HDG/TRK SET...

Nope.
IIRC you had to push/pull the HDG/TRK SET button in or out to set either heading or track which would then show on the HSI.
This from memory only... I may well be wrong.

CJ
Forum: Tech Log
16th Dec 2011, 14:31
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

IIRC (somebody else can confirm?) that's right. ...

IIRC (somebody else can confirm?) that's right.
It was a JFK-LHR BA Concorde which landed at Cardiff (in Wales) with some kind of tech problem. The paxs were ferried to LHR and the repairs were...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Dec 2011, 16:31
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

LOL.... OK. Anyway, for modelers (not your...

LOL.... OK.
Anyway, for modelers (not your case, I take it) a Munsell chip ref wouldn't be much use..... they'd need a Humbrol paint number !

"Matching colors" is a Concorde problem to this...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Dec 2011, 13:30
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

I just looked at the one cockpit item I possess,...

I just looked at the one cockpit item I possess, and indeed I would call it dark gray, without a bluish tint. Unfortunately I don't have the color/paint reference....
I suspect the bluish tint is...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Dec 2011, 16:56
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

She was pretty well 'state-of-the-art', really. ...

She was pretty well 'state-of-the-art', really.
And through the long proto-preprod-prod developent cycle, I would say she was as near 'perfect' as we could make her at the time she went into...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Dec 2011, 15:00
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

CliveL, Many thanks for chipping in.... I gave...

CliveL,
Many thanks for chipping in.... I gave the explanation to the best of my knowledge, but as you know I'm not an aerodynamicist, nor an engine expert, so I was actually hoping either M2dude or...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Dec 2011, 13:32
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Sorry to have caused some confusion.... BN2A...

Sorry to have caused some confusion....

BN2A is right : some of the pipes, pumps, generators, ancillariy gearboxes, connectors and suchlike on the outside of the 'round peg' are installed either...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Dec 2011, 20:04
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Does anybody still have notes about how much the...

Does anybody still have notes about how much the Olympuses at Dovebid went for at the time?

Shaggy, I doubt anybody would buy it to "use" it. I would bet that surplus military engines of the same...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Nov 2011, 16:42
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

I was curious as well, and hoping somebody with...

I was curious as well, and hoping somebody with practical experience would post an answer.
The engines were interchangeable among the airframes. Just as well, really, otherwise it would have meant...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Nov 2011, 23:16
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

I couldn't even afford those.... but my family...

I couldn't even afford those.... but my family paid for one of the last "Bay of Biscay" trips, and yes, I did keep the salt and pepper shakers.

CJ
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Nov 2011, 23:37
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Shaggy, I doubt South Ken would want to get rid...

Shaggy,
I doubt South Ken would want to get rid of their 593 (BTW, I'm still curious where that one came from, and what model it is).

I thought Alpha Charlie arrived with all its four engines.......
Forum: Tech Log
21st Nov 2011, 20:37
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

mfaff, Point taken. In a way, Apollo is...

mfaff,
Point taken.

In a way, Apollo is relevant.... At the time, there were two "prestige" programs to be on : Concorde and Apollo. I've been lucky, I was part of one of those !

CJ
Forum: Tech Log
21st Nov 2011, 16:18
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

As I said, haven't been to the museum for...

As I said, haven't been to the museum for years.... So my judgment may be outdated.
Which had no real relation with Concorde. Unless you're confusing the SC-1 with the HP-115 (which is also at...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Nov 2011, 22:29
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Roger, Slightly O/T, but one does wonder about...

Roger,
Slightly O/T, but one does wonder about the Science Museum.
I've been a few times, many years ago....

They had a fascinating exhibit about radar, including its early history (and after...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Nov 2011, 20:44
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

You're halfway right.... There were 22...

You're halfway right....
There were 22 airframes built, even if only 20 of them flew.
There was one in Toulouse, used for static (structural) tests, and vibration tests, and suchlike, and the one...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Nov 2011, 23:00
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

All questions still welcome! Not quite.... ...

All questions still welcome!

Not quite....

There were two prototypes, 001 and 002 (the ones with the odd porthole visors).
There were two preproduction aircraft: 01, the British one, with a...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Nov 2011, 16:24
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Thanks Dude, It amazes the hell out of me,...

Thanks Dude,

It amazes the hell out of me, too.
Steam-powered clockwork describes it quite well.....

I was equally amazed that the ADCs on Sierra Delta still work (as described elsewhere).
...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Nov 2011, 16:39
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Thanks Dude for the info... something I didn't...

Thanks Dude for the info... something I didn't know either.
Wasn't there also an issue with RVSM (reduced vertical separation minima)?

CJ
Forum: Tech Log
1st Nov 2011, 21:00
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Interesting... but unlikely. The first...

Interesting... but unlikely.

The first question : why? The old analogue systems still worked well.

Second question : who? There were only 14 aircraft in service... who would paid the immense...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Oct 2011, 21:45
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Sorry for the typo. I've got the two VHS tapes...

Sorry for the typo.
I've got the two VHS tapes rather than the DVDs.

But "pure delight".... yes.
If you're a Concorde 'enthusiast', get your hands on a copy. You won't regret it.

CJ
Forum: Tech Log
10th Oct 2011, 23:33
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Roger, they're clips from a far longer video...

Roger, they're clips from a far longer video (available both as VHS- 2 tapes- or on DVD) from a firm called IITV.
I'm not even sure about the copyright issues of the UTube clips....
But I can...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Sep 2011, 20:36
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,676,015
Posted By ChristiaanJ

Brit312, Thanks for that 'add-on'. And...

Brit312,

Thanks for that 'add-on'.
And yes, makes perfect sense.
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