Whose done what to....

[Army of One]

Militarise a concorde....?

[Rheged]

There was an artist's impression of a Concorde launching a stand off missile in an RAF yearbook many years ago. 1968 I think it appeared.  It would be interesting to see it done.  There was even  a rumour (but maybe just an aeronautical myth) that the team working on the Concorde at Brooklands found evidence of underwing hard points

[Army of One]

Underwing hard points....interesting....any idea as to carry what....? I know whiff world an do what we want but.....be interesting to know what it may have ever carried....

[Old Wombat]

Given the era of its development, at the height of the Cold War, I wouldn't be surprised if it'd been designed with a view to it being an emergency nuke bomber (like most Aeroflot aircraft of the period).

Assuming there were pre-located hard-point locations & provisions for pulling through cable-runs, with a week or two in the workshops to strip out unnecessary weight & fit a couple of fuel bladders to give it extra legs, you'd have a half-decent delivery system for a number of nuke weapons.

You'd just have to hope it didn't all go t!ts-up before you got them ready.

[JayBee]

I well remember an artists impression of a "Bombcorde" carrying three Blue Steels. One on the centre line and one under each wing.

[Mossie]

Here's the pic with the three Blue Steels:
https://flyawaysimulation.com/media/images4/images/bombcorde-finflash-fix-fsx1.jpg

If you search for 'Bombcorde' you'll get a lot hits, several members have done one.

I personally fancy a VIP transport, Concorde in Queen's Flight/Royal Squadron colours.

[Army of One]

Cheers......thanks for the help.....I'll have a looksee...

[KiwiZac]

I've seen at least one model Bombcorde, not sure where though. It may have been one of Shasper's about a decade or so ago on the old version of this very site, I'll ask on Facebook.

[dadlamassu]

[PR19_Kit]

With that lot hanging underneath Mach 2.0 would be somewhat unlikely though.

And they'd have needed to fill the fuselage with fuel tanks to regain the range lost through the extra drag of the weapons.

[zenrat]

How about more engines, a belly full of cameras, PRU Blue and of course longer wings?

On a tangent, how about a militarised Tu 144?  It would obviously have a tail gunner.

[kitnut617]

This is my Concorde B.1



I've got some information from Phil Butler (the author) about the real proposal and had decided to build one. He told me that there wouldn't have been the dropping nose nor any reverser buckets. I've change mine to suit. I also shortened the forward fuselage by 2" (it's the 1/72 Airfix kit)



While wanting to use the B-1B nozzles I found I had to do some major surgery to them, somehow Airfix (I think actually it was Heller) completely bolloxed the nacelles up.



Here's a pic of the underside, there's not enough room for three Blue Steels like in the picture above (got that in the actual magazine somewhere in the packing boxes), but I've figured out how to do it.



I also decided to steam-line the windshield

[RAFF-35]

Wow, what did you use for the new wind shield? 

[Army of One]

Oh I like that......question.....if an IFR probe was to be fitted.....would it be a retractable one or maybe one striking out above the cockpit....? I'm thinking the second option.....

[kitnut617]

Oh I like that......question.....if an IFR probe was to be fitted.....would it be a retractable one or maybe one striking out above the cockpit....? I'm thinking the second option.....

I'm going with a retractable one  ---- it has to go fast   

Wow, what did you use for the new wind shield? 

It's a modified B-1B windshield