Did the Concorde have flat plate airfoil?

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this is because in all the images I have found it appears to be a flat plate

Simple images like that are not what you should be using to base an assumption off, but even in those images you can see it is not a flat plate. — Rory Alsop, Nov 03 '22 at 13:08
Please provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. — KorvinStarmast, Nov 03 '22 at 16:27

sophit · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-03T21:47:37.680

The Concorde, like many other supersonic aircrafts, had very thin airfoil mainly due to aerodynamic reasons. This answer gives a good overview on this topic.

Anyway the airfoil was definitely not flat i.e. neither a straight line nor without thickness. The following picture shows the central section of a Concorde and it can be seen that the airfoil there was quite thick:

Concorde central section, aft view (source)

Following one rib from the leading edge to the trailing edge, like the 33+51 in the next cutaway (source), one can more or less unterstand the airfoil shape:

Some reasons for the wing having a delta shape and not being flat can be found in this answer.

Did the Concorde have flat plate airfoil?

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