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Archer Midnight

Default Std

Vertical rate at touchdown

Up to 100fpm

Full marks for the vertical rate at touchdown up to 100 fpm, on the rotorcraft curve; no note for a soft touchdown.

G-force
1.20Gfull marks, the general curve

Not part of this aircraft's grade: an approach-speed target, a tail-strike check and a touchdown-zone window.

Piloted four-passenger electric vertical-takeoff air taxi from Archer Aviation, with twelve propellers, six of which tilt for forward flight, unveiled in 2022.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the eVTOL / VTOL category's curves. The figures it uses are below.

How its touchdown is scored.

The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.

Vertical rate at touchdown (fpm)30 of the 100 points.
100≤ 100fpm
90≤ 156fpm
75≤ 239fpm
55≤ 350fpm
35≤ 461fpm
10≤ 600fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.20g
85≤ 1.40g
65≤ 1.60g
40≤ 2.00g
10≤ 3.00g

No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.

For reference.

Aircraft data

Manufacturer
Archer
Model
Midnight
Variant
Midnight (Model M001, development version)
FAA approach category
None
MTOW
2,948 kg (6,499 lbs)
Vref in flight
Not used
MSFS source
Default Std
Category
eVTOL / VTOL

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Archer Midnight
  • Midnight

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Archer Midnight, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.