Two years late, but it's finally here! this model is based of the last known revision to the Sonic Cruiser design before the project was 'placed on the shelf' by Boeing.
This one has an (unrealistic) top speed of 2,180 km/h - same as the Concorde. unfortunately, it still only gives a 3-4 day advantage on cross-map flights, but it's the maximum that can currently be done, and is better than nothing.
I still want feedback, so if you still would like to see a 'real-to-life' version - keep voting.
also, I did experiment a bit with the shading on this plane, so if you think it looks a little weird (keeping in mind this version is painted white) feel free to give me some feedback on that too.
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when making this aircraft, i was expecting it to be a bit of a disappointment to those fans who wanted a 'modern concorde' - i was well aware that the aircraft in real life is barely supersonic, and the sonic cruiser's two main advantages, that of higher cruising altitude and extreme range, could not be represented within the Lomo engine. it's so far unknown how to affect an aircraft's acceleration factor, which was a problem with the Concorde as well - it took the entire map for it to accelerate to top speed, and in doing so, it'd be lucky to overtake any aircraft while flying.
as a consequence of all these reasons, i was expecting a result akin to a "Fast 777" - something that would make a little more money per passenger, but not exactly be running rings around anything else in the sky.
unfortunately, in testing it turned out to be far worse, the result being that a 1,013km/h-capable aircraft traveling diagonally cross-map had absolutely ZERO advantage over a 747 - a 26-day flight for a 747/A380 was still, annoyingly, a 26 day flight for the sonic cruiser.
so, here is my dilemma - i either have to choose between releasing it with realistic stats, and it basically becoming a new, futuristic-looking white elephant in terms of performance, OR, i give it boosted stats (namely, a higher top speed) in order to give it at least some advantage over contemporary rivals.
at the moment i have no idea what to do, because a really did intend for a faster plane (the whole reason i stated this project) but at the same time with the intention of being as realistic as possible - but it seems these goals no longer go hand-in-hand.
so, i ask the question: what would YOU like to see of this aircraft, Something that kicks the pants off the A380 (like it was designed to), or something that is faithful to the original specifications?
