Better small than not at all?

[elaw]

https://youtu.be/nQctVuPWcMc

[Gabriel]

That's awsome! Real jet engines and all!!!

On a related note, since a few years I have been following a youtuber called Ramy who builds big scale RC airliners. He does an amazing job. His latest one is an A380 he just finished. He was working on it for like 1 year. If you follow him in chronological order you can see how much he learned and improved his techniques, skills, and technology he uses. He also improved his flying skills although it looks to me he is not yet a great RC pilot (not that I know much about flying RC planes, I have a small cheap trainer that almost flies itself and I still manage to make it fly awful). He stalled-spun-crashed-burned-did-dieded a bewutiful Dreamliner a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/c/RamyRC/playlists

[Gabriel]

Oh, and the Concord is a small cramped plane to begin with. I visited the one they have in the Intrepid carrier museum in NY, and the plane is smaller than many regional jets with a 2+2 configuration with good legroom but not much shoulder room and super tiny windows, so small that you could completely cover them with the palm of your hand (even if you have a small hand). That is important since the windows (and the Mach number display) were the only IFE available. The cockpit for a crew of 3 is super cramped too. It has so many dials, instruments, switches, buttons, levers that a 747-200 seems like a minimalistic cockpit in comparison. The cockpit is also very narrow and with a low ceiling. It would have been a very intimate experience for the 2 pilots and flight engineer (and potentially up to 2 observers!!!). Luckily the flights were never too long (in time).

[Not_Karl]

I thought we were going to discuss lavs, but the Concorde is also cool.

(...) the Concord is a small cramped plane (...) smaller than many regional jets (...) not much shoulder room and super tiny windows, so small that you could completely cover them with the palm of your hand (even if you have a small hand). That is important (...)

But what about the lavs?! That's way more important.

[Gabriel]

I thought we were going to discuss lavs, but the Concorde is also cool.

(...) the Concord is a small cramped plane (...) smaller than many regional jets (...) not much shoulder room and super tiny windows, so small that you could completely cover them with the palm of your hand (even if you have a small hand). That is important (...)

But what about the lavs?! That's way more important.

They are bigger than in the 737.

[3WE]

We need to find some Mini DC-10 planes and see if they shed rings off the engine.

[Not_Karl]

We need to find some Mini DC-10 planes...

Here you go!

[3WE]

I also like that they have Frenchmen sitting in the cockpit.