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EGHP
Popham, England
Runway 26
Elevation548 ft asl
Weight454 kg
Fuel29 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

91.36 %
EGHP
Popham, England
Runway 26
Elevation548 ft asl
Weight454 kg
Fuel28 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
23 Dec 2023 0:03 4 nm Sting S4 1 kg
Departure Score
96.21 %
Pattern Score
85.56 %
Arrival Score
92.32 %

What went well

Touched down at -69 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 440 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.08 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Arrival Landing — bank angle up to 11.8 ° at 74 %, Heading variation -0.2 ° at 78 %, −2.43 points
Pattern Base Leg Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 73.1 ° at 7 %, −1.32 points
Pattern Entry — speed limits at 40 %, −1.28 points

Next time

Work on the flare

See Arrival Landing

On a 3° glideslope your sink rate in feet per minute is roughly your groundspeed in knots times five (5.3, strictly). A Cessna 172 at 65 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 345 fpm. An A320 at 140 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 740 fpm. the entire job of the flare is to take that 350 to 750 fpm and reduce it to something in the normal band, in roughly the last five seconds of the flight.

Read more in How to Land a Plane Smoothly in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Start to finish · 12 stages, 12 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Roll 98.62Departure roll runway 26 at EGHP Popham. Takeoff distance 0 m 0 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 56 kn. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kn at 269 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 0 m0 % of runway
95 % Liftoff speed was 56 knTarget 60 kn
98 % Runway alignment max 2.12 m0.00 m left to 2.12 m right -2.06 -1.13 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-1.5 ° min to max 1.5 ° -1.5 1.5 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.1 0.3 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Fail Strobe Light OFF should be ON
Info Battery Master On 4 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 4 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 4 ft agl · 6 kt
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 26 EGHP Popham.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.4 °
100 % Average speed 70 kn56 kn min to max 80 kn 56 80 kn
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.3 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.3 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.07 g1.01 g min to max 1.11 g 1.01 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 2.5 m/s1.0 m/s min to max 4.2 m/s 1.0 4.2 m/s
Info Average altitude 3.5 m agl-0.4 m agl min to max 13.3 m agl 0.0 13.3 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °1.6 ° min to max 8.7 ° 1.7 8.7 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 26 EGHP Popham.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 81 kn80 kn min to max 85 kn 80 85 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 5.0 ° 0.2 5.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.93 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 5.6 m/s4.3 m/s min to max 6.4 m/s 4.3 5.8 m/s
Info Average altitude 17.0 m agl6.2 m agl min to max 42.0 m agl 6.2 42.0 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.6 °8.4 ° min to max 10.2 ° 8.8 8.7 °
Pattern Entry 73.19Right hand pattern entry from runway 26 EGHP Popham. Distance was less than 1 nm in 30 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
40 % Climb speed 95 kn86 kn min to max 103 knTarget 140 kn 86 103 kn
100 % Average bank angle 10.9 °1.9 ° min to max 20.8 ° 6.6 20.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.93 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 5.2 m/s3.2 m/s min to max 6.2 m/s 6.0 3.2 m/s
Info Average altitude 135.6 m agl48.1 m agl min to max 208.6 m agl 48.1 208.6 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.4 °3.8 ° min to max 8.8 ° 8.8 3.8 °
Pattern Crosswind 93.77Right hand pattern crosswind from runway 26 EGHP Popham. Distance was less than 1 nm in 21 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Heading 7.1 °-14.4 ° min to max 18.0 ° -14.4 18.0 °
100 % Average speed 113 kn104 kn min to max 119 kn 104 117 kn
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.92 g min to max 1.23 g 1.08 1.18 g
Info Average VSI 0.5 m/s-2.3 m/s min to max 3.5 m/s 3.3 3.5 m/s
Info Average altitude 216.5 m agl208.5 m agl min to max 223.0 m agl 212.0 222.2 m agl
Info Average bank angle 9.4 °1.1 ° min to max 20.9 ° 20.7 15.1 °
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-2.3 ° min to max 4.9 ° 3.9 4.9 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 75.30Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 70.6 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
18 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 70.6 °.
100 % Average speed 114 kn112 kn min to max 117 kn 115 117 kn
100 % Average bank angle 24.0 °18.6 ° min to max 26.4 ° 18.6 26.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.91 g min to max 1.18 g 1.18 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 1.8 m/s-1.7 m/s min to max 5.6 m/s 4.9 -1.7 m/s
Info Average altitude 241.8 m agl227.7 m agl min to max 247.6 m agl 227.7 240.1 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-2.0 ° min to max 6.0 ° 6.0 -2.0 °
Pattern Downwind 84.43Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 12 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 3.7 °-14.2 ° min to max 19.2 ° -14.2 19.2 °
48 % Average altitude 218.1 m agl202.3 m agl min to max 237.6 m agl 237.6 202.3 m agl
100 % Average speed 123 kn118 kn min to max 125 kn 118 125 kn
100 % Average g force 1.07 g0.96 g min to max 1.17 g 1.12 0.96 g
Info Average VSI -2.9 m/s-4.0 m/s min to max -1.1 m/s -2.2 -1.1 m/s
Info Average bank angle 18.5 °5.4 ° min to max 26.3 ° 26.3 5.4 °
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-3.8 ° min to max -1.0 ° -2.0 -1.3 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 72.23Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 73.1 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
7 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 73.1 °.
100 % Average speed 105 kn76 kn min to max 126 kn 124 78 kn
100 % Average bank angle 8.8 °0.0 ° min to max 21.4 ° 4.1 19.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.86 g min to max 1.18 g 0.95 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -0.1 m/s-4.9 m/s min to max 2.5 m/s -1.4 -4.9 m/s
Info Average altitude 197.9 m agl179.1 m agl min to max 214.0 m agl 200.9 198.7 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.0 °-6.9 ° min to max 3.8 ° -1.7 -6.9 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 817 ft agl · 80 kt
Pattern Base Leg 100.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 2.5 °-15.9 ° min to max 17.6 ° -15.9 17.6 °
100 % Average speed 78 kn67 kn min to max 83 kn 79 67 kn
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.99 g min to max 1.09 g 1.06 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -4.1 m/s-5.5 m/s min to max -2.2 m/s -5.3 -2.2 m/s
Info Average altitude 157.0 m agl130.3 m agl min to max 193.2 m agl 193.2 130.3 m agl
Info Average bank angle 9.9 °5.9 ° min to max 18.3 ° 18.3 6.5 °
Info Average pitch angle -4.9 °-6.8 ° min to max -2.5 ° -6.7 -2.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 585 ft agl · 86 kt
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 56 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 59 kn55 kn min to max 66 kn 66 55 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.3 °0.1 ° min to max 11.9 ° 7.0 11.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.94 g min to max 1.10 g 1.01 1.09 g
Info Average VSI -3.0 m/s-3.8 m/s min to max -1.4 m/s -2.1 -2.9 m/s
Info Average altitude 34.1 m agl0.9 m agl min to max 128.2 m agl 128.2 0.9 m agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.7 °-5.8 ° min to max -0.9 ° -2.4 -1.5 °
Arrival Landing 85.41Landing on runway 26 at EGHP Popham, runway length 879 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was good at 55 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was good at 55 kn. Target 50 kn
85 % Landing and flare profile
78 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.8 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.8 -0.3 °
74 % Average bank angle 2.6 °0.0 ° min to max 11.8 ° 11.8 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.98 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 1.02 g
Info Average speed 47 kn38 kn min to max 55 kn 55 38 kn
Info Average VSI -1.2 m/s-2.8 m/s min to max -0.4 m/s -2.8 -0.4 m/s
Info Average altitude 3.0 m agl-0.1 m agl min to max 9.8 m agl 9.8 -0.1 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.3 °-1.5 ° min to max 4.3 ° -1.5 4.3 °
07515022530037545006.413192632Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-12-10-8-6-4-2024681012Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 99.23Touchdown distance was good at 269 m. Touchdown speed at 38 kn was a little fast. Touchdown rate was excellent at -0.4 m/s. Runway touchdown alignment was very good. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
98 % Touchdown VSI was -0.4 m/s.
100 % Touchdown distance was 269 mTarget 446 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 38 knTarget 33 kn
98 % Runway alignment max 2.02 m1.88 m right -1.96 -1.68 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g1.00 g min to max 1.08 g 1.02 1.01 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 37 kn36 kn min to max 38 kn 38 36 kn
Info Average pitch angle 5.0 °4.1 ° min to max 5.6 ° 4.3 5.0 °

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Lifted off at 55 kt with 1.7° of pitch.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.

90 kt6030020°10°0°LIFTOFF1.7° off8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH01020 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 2 kt -1.4° 0 s
Liftoff168 m 55 kt 1.7° 9.2 s
35 ft393 m · 6.0 s after liftoff 79 kt 8.2° 15.3 s
End of the climb667 m · 162 ft 85 kt 8.7° 22.5 s

Takeoff from EGHP 26

Takeoff roll100.00
307m35 %
Liftoff speed95.19
55kt
Runway alignment97.93
2.12m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
491fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 162 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 345 m of runway left; then climbing at 730 fpm on average to 162 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END3040KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 55 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 879 m runway.

Rolled from 141 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.1 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.1 m right. Airborne 35 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.

100200300400500600700800THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 2.09 m RROLL 141 M INAirborne 309 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 309 m of 879 m · 35 %
Behind the start of the roll, 141 mTakeoff roll, 168 m Left ahead, 570 m

The circuit to EGHP 26

Right-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 1.2 nm out at 123 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft21°126°221°310°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
615 ft
Bank
21°
Speed
100 kt

Speed: 95 kt on average lost marks on the entry.

The metric that matters across a circuit session is scatter, not score. Five landings at 180 to 220 fpm is better flying than one 90 fpm greaser sitting among four 400 fpm arrivals, because consistency is what professional flight-data monitoring actually looks for, and consistency only exists across many flights.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Onto downwind
Bank
26°
Height
715 ft
Speed
123 kt
Out
1.4 nm 1.2 suits 123 kt

Turn onto downwind: scored 18.

The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
73° target 45°
Bank
21°
Height
659 ft

Early: turned base with the threshold 73° behind, against 45°.

Base. Turn 90 degrees towards the runway when the threshold sits about 45 degrees behind your shoulder. Descend at around 80 kt with second-stage flap. The geometry of that 45-degree cue isn't arbitrary. It produces a base leg long enough to lose roughly 500 ft at about 500 fpm before the final turn. Once you know that's what the cue is for, you can derive your own turn point for any aircraft and any speed.

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
12°
Overshoot
none
Speed
59 kt

Good: full marks on the turn.

Entry73Crosswind94Turn onto downwind75Downwind84Base turn72Base100Final turn100

The approach to EGHP 26

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

High from 0.6 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to 140 ft over).

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND338
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 760 m right of the centreline at 0.6 nm.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND584 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on EGHP 26

Over the threshold

Threshold height75.56
32ft
Threshold speed100.00
54kt
Centreline offset77.86
0.25m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
440m
Centreline98.28
2.02m R
Speed100.00
38kt
Touchdown rate97.97
-69fpm
Impact100.00
1.08G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 3° left of the track, wings level.

Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 kt head · 0 kt across

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

Side view — the last 879 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 32 ft, 18 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 440 m in, 135 m past the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 879 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

32 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −69 fpm · 4.2° nose up · 39 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 32 ft, down at 440 m

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink went from 1,010 fpm at 80 ft to 70 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 8.8° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−750−1,500−6°2°10°touchdown−69 fpm at touchdown4.2° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 879 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 1.7 m right of the centreline.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.

500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 440 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 440 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 440 m of 879 m · 50 %
In the air over the runway, 440 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 439 m

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