Fix · Flying & Procedures
Aircraft now turn smoothly on the ground
Other jets used to snap to a new heading at every corner of the taxi route. They now curve through each turn and ease their speed.
Other aircraft used to snap to a new heading at every corner of their taxi route. They now curve through each turn, ease their speed between points on the route, and line up for takeoff already pointing down the runway.
136° to 2.8°Arrivalslargest heading change in 0.1 s
90° to 1.2°Departureslargest heading change in 0.1 s
0Heading steps over 3°in a full cycle of traffic
What changed
- Each corner on the taxi route is now a rounded curve, and the heading follows the path a few metres ahead and behind.
- Speed eases between the timed points on the route, so jets no longer jump from one speed to another at a corner.
- Arrivals leave the runway on a straight leg first, so the turn off starts from the runway heading.
- Departures make a U-turn onto the runway and finish it pointing along the runway. They start the takeoff roll from that lineup point, 90 m down the runway.
What did not change
- Your own aircraft. This only affects the other traffic.
- The autopilot still lands in every weather preset, and flying with no input still ends in a crash.
其他飛機之前喺滑行路線嘅每個轉角，航向都會突然跳去新方向。而家佢哋會順滑咁轉彎，喺路線上各點之間平順咁加減速，而且排隊起飛嗰陣已經對正跑道方向。
136° 變 2.8°進場飛機0.1 秒內最大航向變化
90° 變 1.2°離場飛機0.1 秒內最大航向變化
0超過 3° 嘅航向跳動喺一整個交通週期內
改咗啲乜
- 滑行路線上每個轉角而家係圓滑嘅彎，航向會跟住前後幾米嘅路徑。
- 路線上每個有時間嘅點之間，速度會平順咁轉變，所以飛機喺轉角唔會突然轉速。
- 進場飛機離開跑道時會先行一段直路，所以轉出跑道嗰下由跑道方向開始。
- 離場飛機會做一個 U 形轉彎上跑道，轉完已經對正跑道，之後喺嗰個排隊點（跑道上 90 米）開始起飛滑跑。
冇改嘅嘢
- 你自己架飛機。呢個只影響其他交通。
- 自動駕駛仍然可以喺所有天氣設定下降落，完全唔操作仍然會墜毀。
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