[VERGE] Lego’s new $200 Concorde is a fantastic homage to the supersonic passenger jet
[VERGE] Lego’s new $200 Concorde is a fantastic homage to the supersonic passenger jet
It’s nearly three and a half feet long.
[ sourced from The Verge ]
This is the best summary I could come up with:
It’s been 20 years since the final flight of one of the most beautiful planes ever made — the supersonic Concorde — and you’ll soon be able to buy one in Lego form.
Not only does it capture many of the real plane’s iconic curves, but it’s also got an incredible Lego mechanism hidden inside to raise and lower its landing gear with a twist of the tail cone on the end.
The hidden gears run nearly the full length of the plane, and at the front, you can manually lower the Concorde’s distinctive droop nose — which pilots would do for more visibility on takeoff and landing, before popping it up again for streamlining.
The Concorde was in the news just this week as one floated down the Hudson River to be restored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard:
NASA is still preparing its X-59 Quesst prototype to gather data on whether quiet supersonic flight is feasible over land, also aiming to deliver results by 2027.
I’m not sure if I’ve got room on my shelf for this awesome set next to my Lego Space Shuttle Discovery and Galaxy Explorer, but I absolutely love how it looks.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
It’s been 20 years since the final flight of one of the most beautiful planes ever made — the supersonic Concorde — and you’ll soon be able to buy one in Lego form.
Not only does it capture many of the real plane’s iconic curves, but it’s also got an incredible Lego mechanism hidden inside to raise and lower its landing gear with a twist of the tail cone on the end.
The hidden gears run nearly the full length of the plane, and at the front, you can manually lower the Concorde’s distinctive droop nose — which pilots would do for more visibility on takeoff and landing, before popping it up again for streamlining.
The Concorde was in the news just this week as one floated down the Hudson River to be restored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard:
NASA is still preparing its X-59 Quesst prototype to gather data on whether quiet supersonic flight is feasible over land, also aiming to deliver results by 2027.
I’m not sure if I’ve got room on my shelf for this awesome set next to my Lego Space Shuttle Discovery and Galaxy Explorer, but I absolutely love how it looks.
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