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Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 906 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 906 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 84 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 0.26 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport and commenced the departure roll. The take-off run required 201 m, representing 22 % of the available runway, and the aircraft lifted off at 52 kt. Ambient conditions were 20 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 212°, giving a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
During the right-hand pattern entry the aircraft covered less than 1 nm in 19 seconds, followed by a right-hand cross-wind segment of less than 1 nm in 12 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 1 nm with an angle to the runway of 57.2°, after which the downwind leg extended 1 nm in 66 seconds. The base-leg turn covered 1 nm at an angle of 33.5°, and the subsequent base leg was less than 1 nm in 18 seconds. The final turn was less than 1 nm in 28 seconds. On final approach to runway 22 the aircraft descended from 442 ft AGL to 17 ft AGL in 74 seconds and met the stabilisation gates.
Landing was executed on runway 22, whose length is 906 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 39 kt. Touchdown occurred 81 m from the threshold at 35 kt with a touchdown rate of minus 45 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 8.0 m from the centreline. The total landing roll measured 121 m, equivalent to 13 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was offset 8.1 m from the centreline.
After touchdown the aircraft decelerated along the runway, maintaining the noted 8.1 m centreline deviation, and then exited the paved surface to complete the roll-out phase.
In total the flight covered 5 nm, required a duration of 5 (units as recorded), and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport descended from 442 ft agl to 17 ft agl in 74 seconds and scored on the stabilisation gates; local conditions were 20 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 212°, including a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind.
At threshold the aircraft crossed at a speed a little below target, 39 kt, with a good threshold height, and began the flare in preparation for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 81 m down the runway at a speed of 35 kt, a good value, and the vertical rate was perfect at -45 fpm; the touchdown point was misaligned by 8.0 m from the centreline, resulting in a total landing distance of 121 m, which is 13 % of the 906 m runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, deviating 8.1 m from the centreline.
Refine centreline tracking to reduce the 8-metre touchdown and rollout offsets, aiming for alignment within a metre of the centreline while preserving the current speed and rate performance.
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