Cross country
12The XC hub
Where cross country flying lives on the site, how a flight turns into points, and which of the five XC pages you actually want.
Plan it, fly it, score it#
The XC section is built on one idea: you should never have to submit a flight anywhere. Every public flight you log is scored automatically the moment parsing finishes, and it counts towards every challenge, league and record board it qualifies for.
The hub page at /cross-country is the entrance. It shows the latest activity, the current record watch, and a card for each of the five areas.
How a flight becomes points#
Every flight is measured four ways and keeps the best result. Each type has a factor, and the points are the scored distance multiplied by it.
| Type | What counts | Factor |
|---|---|---|
| Open distance | Straight line from the start to the farthest point | 1.0 |
| Free distance (3 TP) | Distance over up to three turnpoints | 1.0 |
| Flat triangle | A closed triangle of any shape | 1.2 |
| FAI triangle | A closed triangle with every leg at least 28 percent of the perimeter | 1.4 |
So a 100 km FAI triangle scores 140 points and a 100 km straight line scores 100. The FAI triangle is the queen of XC flying and the scoring says so.
Note
The factors above are the defaults. A league can define its own points per kilometer, so the same flight can be worth different amounts on different boards. The league page always states its own scoring.
Caution
Only public flights score. If a flight is private it is invisible to every board on the site, and making it public later scores it into the year it was flown.
The five XC pages#
| Page | For | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Planner | Drawing a route before you fly it, with FAI sectors, airspace and weather | XC planner |
| Challenges | A goal with a deadline: kilometers, points, hours, flights or one big triangle | XC challenges |
| Leagues | A season ladder scored from your best flights | XC leagues |
| Records | The best flight ever, per category, scope and glider class | XC records |
| Feed | What the pilots you follow are doing right now | XC feed |
Your XC tab#
The XC tab on your dashboard is the personal view of all of it: your saved planner routes, the challenges and leagues you have joined with your current standing in each, and your personal records. It is the page to open before you fly, to remember what you are chasing.
What you need to take part#
| Action | Needs |
|---|---|
| Read every XC page | Nothing. All of it is public. |
| Score into challenges, leagues and records | A free account and public flights. |
| Join a challenge or a league | A free account. |
| Save routes in the planner | SkyTrackLight or higher. |
| Create a challenge | SkyTrackPlus or higher. |
| Create a league or a club | SkyTrackPro. |