Can it go to mach 1 on the Android version? Haven't found how yet.
Mach 1 Concorde
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Are you following the speed and height profile in the Concorde Tutorial?
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Yes, Concorde can fly Mach 2.0 on mobile and PC version alike.
Overloaded already posted the link to the tutorial, it describes the process in detail https://www.aerofly.com/tutorials/concorde-flight-tutorial/
You have to fly at high altitude to get above Mach 1, just like in the real world. Once you climbed up to around 30,000ft sub-sonic you can accelerate whilst climbing, break through Mach 1.0 and keep accelerating to Mach 2.0 at around 50,000ft or so.
The autopilot can do all this for you, just select 60,000ft and push the MAX CLIMB button on the autopilot panel, push the throttle forward and it does the rest for you until you level off at FL600 and Mach 2.0. Then can turn on autothrottle and select MACH HOLD as described in our tutorial.
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Can it go to mach 1 on the Android version? Haven't found how yet.
As long as you follow the right profile there should be no discrepancies between each device.
To get supersonic:
28,000 feet, Mach 0.95 (about 384kts indicated)
Reheat switches on (just below throttle)
Set altitude for chosen FL (anywhere between 50 and 60,000 feet)
Hit MAX CLIMB button
The autopilot will decide an appropriate vertical speed to put you at, and once the afterburners kick in you should be supersonic.
Then to hit Mach 2 you take the reheats off around 50,000 or once you hit ~Mach 1.7 (I find this personally comes about FL450), and re-enable ALT ACQ(UIRE)
ENGINE RATING switches into Cruise at FL500 ( Jet-Pack (IPACS) do these do anything yet by the way?)
Choose a vertical speed and inch up to FL600.
Come descent, start losing altitude around 280-300 miles out, you’ll need it to lose the altitude and airspeed and Concorde has no flaps, autobrakes (for the ground) or spoilers for in flight use. Pick a landing speed around 177-182 knots.
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The engine rating switches do something, they select the engine mode displayed left of the engine instruments. A white CRZ should illuminate there. Internally it does change a few things regarding throttle but it doesn't really have much of an effect.
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The engine rating switches do something, they select the engine mode displayed left of the engine instruments. A white CRZ should illuminate there. Internally it does change a few things regarding throttle but it doesn't really have much of an effect.
Yeah I mean it’s just whenever I click them it feels like it does very little to throttle output or anything like that. Thanks for clarifying.
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3 days, still blocked at 320 KT.
I must be a bit...
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3 days, still blocked at 320 KT.
I must be a bit...
Are you following the right profile?
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The last time my F-15 would not go faster I noticed very late that my gear was still out. Mixed up my HOTAS bindings with another simulator.
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3 days, still blocked at 320 KT.
I must be a bit...
At what altitude though?
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An I assume you have the gear up, nose up and all retractable landing lights retracted and reheat on?
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Ok, in your previous reply you said you could go up to 500 knots. Then you are already at Mach 1.7 or so.
At FL600 the indicated airspeed is significantly lower than the true airspeed...
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AT SEA LEVEL 667 knots indicated airspeed is the same as 667kt true airspeed which is the speed of sound at sea level, flying Mach 1.0.
At higher altitude the lower the temperature also decreases the speed of sound. Between 37,000ft to 60,000ft the speed of sound is about 573 knots, that is knots true airspeed, not what the airspeed indicator shows!
The higher you fly the greater the difference between indicated airspeed and true airspeed becomes because of the much lower air density. Even at very high speed very few air molecules are entering the pitot tube and therefore the airspeed indicator shows a much lower indicated airspeed than what the aircraft is truly flying.
For the same reasons the space shuttle had a re-entry speed of just 250kts indicated airspeed, whilst flying at Mach 23.
Please look at the Mach indicator in the Concorde to see the Mach number.
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Thanks, Jan. I didn't know it, though I should have and after you told me about it, chatGPT confirmed it.
There's still something you and the bot haven't told me: when I'm btw 20,000 and 60,000 ft, and full throttle and reheat on, how do I speed up?
Now, I'll be eternally thankful if you do.
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Thanks, Jan. I didn't know it, though I should have and after you told me about it, chatGPT confirmed it.
There's still something you and the bot haven't told me: when I'm btw 20,000 and 60,000 ft, and full throttle and reheat on, how do I speed up?
Now, I'll be eternally thankful if you do.
The Concorde isn’t intended to exceed <500kts IAS, after passing 28,000 feet with the reheats on you should be looking at the Mach indicator. Your indicated airspeed will decrease but the Mach number should increase as you gain altitude.
FL280 - reheats on.
Set altitude for 60,000
MAX CLIMB button
cut the reheats at Mach 1.7 ~ FL450-500
