Anybody Else Think Tempest Was Modeled After This Plane?

No. Its very similair to the Concorde.

No. Its very similair to the Concorde.

I still think the canards on Tempest are far closer in shape to those on the XB-70 than they are on the Concorde.  I believe the Concorde also had a front gear to support it when it was on the ground (located ahead of the front of the delta wing).  The XB-70 doesn't appear to have had this sort of support... relying instead on the backend weight to balance the front and keep it off the ground.  I believe that not having any apparent front end support on the ground was a criticism leveled at Tempest when its desgn was first revealed.

Thanks kino for giving me a more proper name for those "winglets."

I also find it somewhat intriguing that the XB-70 was also called  the Valkyrie and we have a Turian AR also called the Valkyrie... and no gun called a Concorde... just a thought.

To be fair though, the Tempest might simply not need the front support because it's got mass effect fields to adjust its weight balance.

BTW, there was also an interesting "making of the Tempest" video pre launch, where they talked about design ideas. Apparently, one guy suggested to have the vehicle hangar at the top of the ship. Then, when the tempest lands, the nose actually tilts down to the ground and the Nomad is using the top of the fuselage as a ramp to get to the ground. Unfortunately, they couldn't make it work with the engine but I though it was a cool design idea. Would have loved to see that in game.

Why not this one?




It's a very common form, geared at people who think that space ships need some conventional aerodynamics and wouldn't use shuttles to land on planets while the ship itself stays in orbit.

Both are developped with supersonic flight in mind. A very common form for that kind of purpose. But by the same token one can also compare the Normandy to these models. It had the same basic shape. Tempest is just the Normandy.