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Concorde's engine intakes now sit under the wing

The intakes no longer stick out ahead of the wing. They sit under the leading edge, as on the real aircraft.

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Low side view of Concorde on the runway with the engine intakes tucked under the leading edge of the wing.
Concorde's intakes now sit under the leading edge.

Concorde's engine intakes used to stick out ahead of the wing, like two barrels bolted to the front. They now sit underneath the leading edge, the way they do on the real aircraft, with nothing poking out in front of it.

Under the wingIntakes tucked inbehind the leading edge
Dark openingsVisible from the frontwith the splitter between them

What changed

Each side of Concorde has one nacelle holding two engines. The front of that nacelle used to be cut square, so the outer corner stuck out well ahead of the curved wing edge. The front face now follows the leading edge of the wing and stops just behind it. The two intake openings are dark when you look at them from the front, with the splitter between them.

Concorde seen from above with the front corners of the engine nacelles sticking out ahead of the wing leading edge.
Before, from above: the nacelle corners poke out ahead of the wing.
Concorde seen from above with a clean, smooth curved wing leading edge and nothing sticking out in front.
After, from above: a clean curved leading edge.
Low side view of Concorde on the runway with the engine nacelle sticking out ahead of the wing.
Before: the nacelle reaches out in front of the wing.
Low side view of Concorde on the runway with the engine intakes tucked under the leading edge of the wing.
After: the intakes sit under the leading edge.
Front view of a Concorde engine nacelle under the wing showing a dark intake opening.
From the front: the dark intake opening under the wing.

What did not change

  • Only the look of Concorde changed. Its size, weight and handling are the same.
  • Flying with no input still ends in a crash, and the autopilot still lands Concorde in every weather preset.

協和式客機嘅引擎進氣口以前係突出喺機翼前面，好似兩個桶仔釘喺前面。而家佢哋喺機翼前緣下面，同真機一樣，前面冇嘢突出。

機翼下面進氣口收埋喺前緣後面
深色開口由前面睇到中間有分隔板

改咗啲乜

協和式客機每邊有一個引擎艙，入面有兩部引擎。引擎艙前面以前係直切，外邊嗰個角突出喺彎彎哋嘅機翼前緣前面好多。而家前面嘅形狀跟住機翼前緣，剛好停喺前緣後面。由前面望，兩個進氣口係深色嘅，中間有分隔板。

由上面望協和式客機，引擎艙前面嘅角突出喺機翼前緣前面。
之前，由上面睇：引擎艙嘅角突出喺機翼前面。
由上面望協和式客機，機翼前緣係乾淨順滑嘅彎線，前面冇嘢突出。
之後，由上面睇：乾淨嘅彎形前緣。
喺跑道上低角度側面望協和式客機，引擎艙突出喺機翼前面。
之前：引擎艙伸出機翼前面。
喺跑道上低角度側面望協和式客機，引擎進氣口收埋喺機翼前緣下面。
之後：進氣口喺前緣下面。
由前面望機翼下面嘅協和式客機引擎艙，見到深色嘅進氣口。
由前面睇：機翼下面深色嘅進氣口。

冇改嘅嘢

  • 只係協和式客機嘅外觀變咗，大細、重量同操控都冇變。
  • 完全唔操作仍然會墜毀，自動駕駛喺所有天氣設定下仍然可以降落協和式客機。

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