Originally Posted by
MATELO
I may have missed this over the thread, so apologies, but...
Given today's advances in technology. Could a replacement Concorde be built (better engines, better/lighter software/computers, redundant F/E
) from the original plans to actually make it a viable success.
Short answer is no. The advances in material technologies and manufacturing methods since the Concorde was designed would make a clean sheet design a much better and easier (read cheaper) to build aircraft.
Further, changes in the regulations/cert requirements would make it very difficult (if not impossible) to certify not just a Concorde clone but any future SST. I honestly don't know how
any aircraft can meet the existing Part 25 depressurization requirements when operating at SST altitudes.