Update · Scores & Sharing
Harder scoring and a fresh high score table
Two perfect 100s and a crowd of 90s was too easy. Landings are now scored on the whole approach and rollout, and the table starts again.
The high score table had two perfect 100s and a long run of scores in the 90s. That was too easy, so landings are now scored much harder, and the table starts again.
What changed
The old score only looked at the moment of touchdown, in wide bands. The new score is still out of 100, but every part is a smooth curve: full marks only inside a tight window, then a straight-line fall to nothing. It also scores how you flew the approach and the rollout, not just the touchdown.
- Touchdown (51 points): sink rate 16, touchdown point 14, centreline 8, airspeed 8, alignment with the runway 5, wings level 4.
- Approach (30 points): glidepath 14, track 8 and speed control 8, measured from 3.5 nm out until just before the flare.
- Rollout (15 points): staying on the centreline 8, and stopping with runway to spare 7.
- A tail strike still takes points off, and the score is rounded down.
Why a 100 is now rare
A 100 needs every part inside its full-marks window on the same flight: a sink rate of 120 fpm or less, touchdown 280 to 450 m past the threshold, within 1.5 m of the centreline, within 2 kt of the target speed, under 1° of bank, a glidepath held to about 6 m, and a straight rollout. The autopilot scores about 80 to 89 in most weather, so beating it takes real skill, and the storms and typhoon make it harder again.
After each landing the result screen names the two parts that lost the most points. Fix those first on the next attempt.
Ranks and the new table
- Captain 90+, First Officer 78+, Second Officer 62+, Flight Engineer 45+, then Cadet. Grades are A 90+, B 78+, C 62+, D 45+.
- Landings scored the old way are not shown any more, so everyone starts from the same line. The starter scores are lower to match.
- Only hand-flown IGS 13 approach landings are ranked, as before.
最高分榜有兩個滿分 100，仲有一大堆 90 幾分，實在太易。所以而家降落嘅評分嚴格好多，榜單亦都重新開始。
改咗啲乜
舊評分淨係睇接地嗰一刻，而且範圍闊。新評分仍然係 100 分滿分，不過每一項都係平滑曲線：只有喺好窄嘅範圍內先攞到滿分，之後直線跌到零分。而且唔單止睇接地，連進場同滑行都會計分。
- 接地（51 分）：下降率 16、接地位置 14、中線 8、空速 8、同跑道對正 5、機翼水平 4。
- 進場（30 分）：下滑道 14、航跡 8、速度控制 8，由 3.5 海里外量度到拉平前一刻。
- 滑行（15 分）：保持喺中線 8，同埋停低時剩返跑道 7。
- 機尾擦地仍然會扣分，分數亦會向下取整。
點解 100 分而家好難攞
要攞 100 分，每一項都要喺同一次飛行入面做到滿分範圍：下降率 120 fpm 或以下、喺跑道頭之後 280 至 450 米接地、距離中線 1.5 米內、同目標速度相差 2 節內、坡度低過 1°、下滑道誤差大約 6 米內，仲要滑行直。自動導航喺大部分天氣大約得 80 至 89 分，所以要贏佢要真功夫，暴風雨同颱風就更難。
每次降落之後，結果畫面會話你知失分最多嘅兩項。下次嘗試先改善呢兩項。
官階同新榜單
- 機長 90+、副機師 78+、二副 62+、飛行工程師 45+，之後係學員。評級係 A 90+、B 78+、C 62+、D 45+。
- 用舊方法評分嘅降落唔會再顯示，所以大家都由同一條起跑線開始。起始分數亦都跟住調低。
- 同之前一樣，只有手動飛行嘅 IGS 13 進場降落先會上榜。
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