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Published: 2015-07-03 11:46:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 2664; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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I have successfully built a replica of the Concorde in the game "Kerbal Space Program"Without using mods, this is as close as you can get to a Concorde in this particular game. The front canard and air intakes already looked similar to those on a Concorde, hence it gave me the idea to make one. I assume the developers of the game got inspiration from the Concorde for the air intakes in particular.
The iconic wing shape took some time to make. It's impossible to make it smooth, but the jagged curve still resembles the Concorde. The rear engines were positioned to stick out from the wing when seen from the top and the vertical stabiliser's shape was mimicked. All the parts were positioned to look like the Concorde. To my surprise, it flies very well. In fact, this is one of the best aircrafts i have made in the game! Most of my aircraft can't even take off from the runway, but this one can and is very stable in the air.
It is also the fastest aircraft I have made. Bear in mind this is not accurate to the real thing. This KSP version can reach speeds up to Mach 4. It is technically a "spaceplane", because this game is about building Rockets and Spaceplanes.
Update 5/7/15: The Concorde's "neck" has been extended to make it even more accurate to the real thing.
You can see this plane in action on my youtube channel: youtu.be/Qqo6ean30UI
You can download this plane to play in your game here: www.mediafire.com/download/vpe…
Disclaimer: This game is made by Squad
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Comments: 20
Szaszlyk21 [2015-07-03 13:25:31 +0000 UTC]
WOW! It's great!
Need to put more attention on my Kerbals. They getting lazy sometimes
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Sebascelisc In reply to Szaszlyk21 [2015-07-03 13:44:46 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
Same here with me . They had a looong break. I haven't played this game in months
. The latest update (which is also its official release) is awesome! Many of the new parts in the official release made it possible to build the Concorde. The Concorde would never look this good, or fly as fast in older versions
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Szaszlyk21 In reply to Sebascelisc [2015-07-03 15:04:04 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome
And Yes. The oficial release looks great and the physics works great too.
And Female Kerbals - nice addtion to crew
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LightConcorde [2015-07-03 11:51:27 +0000 UTC]
Close enough, the only thing it lacks is the "neck" if I can call it like that. No idea if it was even possible in this sim though, I assume not.
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Sebascelisc In reply to LightConcorde [2015-07-03 11:58:19 +0000 UTC]
They do have a "shortened MK2 Fuselage" which i could put behind the cockpit. That can make the neck longer, but doing this will move the centre of mass forward. The centre of lift is already far behind its centre of mass, so moving the mass forward may make it less stable. I'll experiment with it later
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Sebascelisc In reply to LightConcorde [2015-07-05 05:31:54 +0000 UTC]
I made the neck longer. As expected, the manuverability is reduced but this is a very small reduction. It still flies great and it looks better!
and yessss... Physicsss is deliciousss
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OwenConcorde [2015-07-03 11:49:54 +0000 UTC]
You did on awesome job on that plane right after I saw your video!
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Sebascelisc In reply to OwenConcorde [2015-07-03 12:01:06 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! (you were quite quick to comment on that video before i even uploaded this on dA
)
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