Some Bombcorde questions

[PR19_Kit]

I think you should have gone for the big one Robert, you'll lose that one under a fingernail one day............ 

I couldn't find a 1/48 one Kit,  so I stayed with the smaller 1/72 scale one.       is there another scale then ?

There are 1/100 - Doyosha (?sp), 1/125 - Heller and 1/144 Airfix/Heller that I'm aware of.  I think there are 1/200 and 1/400 in the airline scales.

Indeed there are, but this is an ongoing joke with Robert and me that there IS only one real scale, 1/72, and all others are subsidiary to it. 

[Now if that statement isn't calculated to raise hackles and inflame opinions I don't know what is.............. ]

[Pellson]

... there IS only one real scale, 1/72, and all others are subsidiary to it. 

[Now if that statement isn't calculated to raise hackles and inflame opinions I don't know what is.............. ]

I for one won't argue. Over where I'm based, it's referred to as the "divine scale". 

ECM on wingtips -I'm stuck with a few Airfix Eurofighter Typhoons, not in time having realized how inaccurate they actually are (they'll be replaced with revell single seaters in due course). Ah, well - now there's wing tip ECM pods to abundance as well as slammers and burner cans. Could be worse, I suppose, as the kits were dead cheap. 
I'll measure and test fit things for a while before actually starting to cut plastic for the bombcorde. Need to create a viable backstory as well.

[kitnut617]

There are 1/100 - Doyosha (?sp), 1/125 - Heller and 1/144 Airfix/Heller that I'm aware of.  I think there are 1/200 and 1/400 in the airline scales.

Oddly, Heller have made Concordes in 1/100, 1/125, 1/200 and 1/296 and Nitto did them in 1/100, 1/132, 1/144, 1/200, 1/250, 1/420 and 1/600.

What is it with all the odd scales?  Inventive Concepts did one in 1/798 (er! wtf)

[Weaver]

For all it's size, Concorde's wing loading comes out at about 107 lb/sq.ft at max.TO weight, so it shouldn't be that bumpy at low level, although it might be enough for structural failure, given that it wasn't designed for it. Having said that, you've cutting bomb bays in the fuselage anyway, so if you're going that far, wing strengthening should be a no-brainer.

[McColm]

Why not crank the wing tips? They could be lowered whilst in flight to improve the handling at low level or surf the shockwave at high level like the XB-70 or the RF-19.

[Mossie]

Use the wing designed for Concorde, the larger area would improve the ride.
http://www.concordesst.com/concordeb.html

[Hobbes]

Actually, to improve the ride you need to reduce the wing area. When the wing area increases, the wing loading (i.e. the weight that presses on one sqare meter/foot of wing) gets less, and you need less force to move the aircraft.