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With hundreds of aircraft available for FG, it is very difficult to find the true gems. The rating system below attempts to solve this by providing a quick objective way to rate aircraft. This was discussed in some detail on the -dev mailing list in December 2010.

With hundreds of [[aircraft]] available for [[FlightGear]], it is very difficult to find the true gems. The rating system below attempts to solve this by providing a quick objective way to rate aircraft. This was discussed in some detail on the -dev [[mailing list]] in December 2010.

The rating system scores an aircraft (0-5) in 4 individual criteria - FDM, Systems, Cockpit and External Model.  

The rating system scores an aircraft (0-5) in 4 individual criteria - [[FDM]], Systems, Cockpit and External Model.  

These ratings can then be encoded in the aircraft -set.xml file from where they can be picked up by launchers, web pages etc.

These ratings can then be encoded in the aircraft -set.xml file from where they can be picked up by launchers, web pages etc.

The ratings can be encoded in the -set.xml file for the aircraft, under <sim> as follows.

The ratings can be encoded in the -set.xml file for the aircraft, under <sim> as follows.

<nowiki>

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">

<status>early production</status>

<status>early production</status>

<rating>

<rating>

  <model type="int">3</model>

  <model type="int">3</model>

</rating>

</rating>

</nowiki>

</syntaxhighlight>