The iconic Concorde will be swooping into Microsoft Flight Simulator soon
An absolute gem from the height of the jet age will soon be brought back to (virtual) life in the finest of details by means of the work being done by the DC Designs team. For several months, the developers have been working hard to build a high-quality rendition of Concorde that will be fully functional and modeled both inside and out for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The supersonic jet is still currently a work in progress, but it’s been coming along steadily. DC Designs hasn’t revealed a release date yet, but has been providing a steady flow of updates and development screenshots, all with a price being recently announced.
The ill-fated Concorde project is considered to be one of aviation’s greatest achievements, while also being one of its costliest flawed ventures. The Concorde was designed to propel the future of air travel with supersonic passenger transport operations, cutting down the time of long-haul transoceanic and transcontinental flights by several hours. But, its high maintenance and fuel costs, along with the sound pollution, caused by its very supersonic capabilities all played into its ultimate demise.
It never sold very well, and was marred by several catastrophic accidents, resulting in it being formally retired in 2003 after 34 years of active service. Thankfully, it has never left the skies of the flight simulation world, and continues to live on in the modern Microsoft Flight Simulator.
In the February 4 development update from DC Designs, one of its main members discussed one intricate part of this project: the jet’s fuel system. Its complex network of “13 tanks, 160 connecting fuel lines, 38 pumps and 34 valves” have all been faithfully coded into the model and will be fully functional via the
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