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Kusterdingen
2 miles west of Kusterdingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Elevation1,102 ft asl
Weight2,434 kg
Fuel306 kg
Wind268° · 2 kn

Flight Score

83.47 %
Kusterdingen
3 miles west of Kusterdingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Elevation1,544 ft asl
Weight2,401 kg
Fuel274 kg
Wind264° · 2 kn
17 Sep 2026 0:09 9 nm Airbus H145 32 kg
Departure Score
67.21 %
Enroute Score
99.90 %
Arrival Score
83.31 %

What went well

No sideways movement at touchdown

What held you back

Departure Transition — Nose down by up to 44 ° at 0 %, Sank at up to 381 fpm while accelerating away at 44 %, −6.83 points
Departure Transition — Sank at up to 281 fpm while accelerating away at 64 %, bank angle up to 20.2 ° at 83 %, −2.19 points
Departure Hover — Height held within 7 ft at 71 %, bank angle up to 8.2 ° at 84 %, −1.92 points

Next time

Departure

Lower the nose no further than 15° and add a little collective as the speed builds.

What happened: The nose went down by up to 44° to accelerate, and the helicopter sank at up to 381 fpm. A steep nose-down attitude trades height for speed, and sink is what usually follows.

Watch for: Attitude: nose no lower than 15°; vertical speed level or climbing.

See Departure Transition

Arrival

Keep forward airspeed until the descent is nearly stopped: reduce the rate of descent first, then let the speed come off.

What happened: For 36% of the approach the helicopter was slow and descending fast together, and it met the ground at 404 fpm. A slow, fast descent is hard to stop with collective, and a firm touchdown usually follows.

Watch for: Airspeed and vertical speed together: never low airspeed with a fast descent.

See Arrival ApproachArrival Touchdown

As you push the cyclic forward, the rotor's lift tilts forward and less of it supports the helicopter. Until you reach effective translational lift, the helicopter will tend to sink, so add a little collective as the cyclic goes forward, and accelerate gently.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

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 Transition 80.33Accelerated away from 16 kt to 61 kt, reaching 249 ft above the spot in 14 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
83 % Steepest bank 20 °Full marks up to 15 °
64 % Sank at up to 281 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 15 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 191 ft90 ft min to max 279 ft 126 249 ft
Info Average ground speed 39 kt16 kt min to max 61 kt 16 61 kt
Info Average airspeed 25 kt6 kt min to max 47 kt 6 47 kt
Info Average VSI 439 fpm-281 fpm min to max 1,142 fpm 1,101 -281 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -10.1 °-14.6 ° min to max -5.6 ° -6.8 -11.7 °
Info Average bank angle 7.9 °1.6 ° min to max 20.2 ° 1.8 5.5 °
Info Average g force 0.98 g0.88 g min to max 1.07 g 1.05 0.90 g
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles west of Kusterdingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±566 ft of 1,207 ft asl1,132 ft asl min to max 1,315 ft asl 1,315 1,184 ft asl
100 % Average speed 85 kt50 kt min to max 99 kt 50 99 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.6 °0.0 ° min to max 30.3 ° 3.3 7.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.72 g min to max 1.30 g 1.03 0.88 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -3.6 °-15.5 ° min to max 2.4 ° -10.2 -3.3 °
Enroute Climb 99.78Enroute climb started overhead Kusterdingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany). Climbing from 1,200 ft asl to 1,418 ft asl, an increase of 218 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 102 kt93 kt min to max 106 kt 99 93 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.6 °0.2 ° min to max 35.8 ° 5.7 0.2 °
98 % Average g force 1.01 g0.62 g min to max 1.50 g 0.97 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 371 fpm-526 fpm min to max 1,290 fpm 850 -419 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,349 ft asl1,200 ft asl min to max 1,454 ft asl 1,200 1,418 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.7 °-10.0 ° min to max 4.2 ° -2.9 2.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 85.34The approach began 377 ft above the landing spot at 88 kt and slowed to 4 kt in 2.4 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 18 °Full marks up to 20 °
90 % Fastest descent 919 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
93 % 8 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
53 % Nose up by up to 22 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 107 ft7 ft min to max 377 ft 377 30 ft
Info Average ground speed 30 kt4 kt min to max 88 kt 88 4 kt
Info Average airspeed 28 kt2 kt min to max 89 kt 89 6 kt
Info Average VSI -87 fpm-919 fpm min to max 543 fpm -332 362 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °-18.8 ° min to max 22.1 ° 4.5 13.5 °
Info Average bank angle 4.1 °0.0 ° min to max 17.8 ° 2.9 2.2 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.91 g min to max 1.33 g 1.06 0.96 g
020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 919 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down with no measurable descentFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 6 ft0 ft min to max 8 ft 8 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 5 kt0 kt min to max 9 kt 4 0 kt
Info Average VSI -45 fpm-88 fpm min to max 11 fpm -68 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-12.5 ° min to max 10.2 ° -7.4 0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 6.0 °0.0 ° min to max 13.9 ° 10.6 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.09 g 1.02 1.00 g
0510-15 s-10 s-5 scontact
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 0 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. It was not moving over the ground. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.
Departure Hover 82.74Lifted into the hover and held it for 8 seconds, on average 14 ft above the spot, moving 68 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Moved over the ground at 5.7 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
71 % Height held within 7 ftFull marks within 4 ft
84 % Steepest bank 8 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 14 ft4 ft min to max 23 ft 4 20 ft
Info Average ground speed 6 kt3 kt min to max 10 kt 3 10 kt
Info Average VSI 74 fpm-165 fpm min to max 204 fpm 116 -165 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -7.0 °-35.1 ° min to max 8.4 ° 8.4 -35.1 °
Info Average bank angle 4.7 °1.5 ° min to max 8.2 ° 7.9 7.0 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.03 g 1.03 0.97 g
20 ft40 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
01020300 s2 s4 s6 s8 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 14.4 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Departure Transition 38.55Accelerated away from 22 kt to 63 kt, reaching 167 ft above the spot in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
70 % Steepest bank 24 °Full marks up to 15 °
44 % Sank at up to 381 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
0 % Nose down by up to 44 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 76 ft6 ft min to max 167 ft 12 167 ft
Info Average ground speed 31 kt6 kt min to max 63 kt 22 63 kt
Info Average airspeed 15 kt5 kt min to max 38 kt 5 38 kt
Info Average VSI 676 fpm-381 fpm min to max 1,582 fpm -381 1,582 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -13.3 °-43.6 ° min to max 37.9 ° -34.4 -5.4 °
Info Average bank angle 10.9 °0.1 ° min to max 24.0 ° 6.1 17.7 °
Info Average g force 1.26 g1.02 g min to max 1.52 g 1.19 1.26 g
Enroute Climb 2 99.82Enroute climb started overhead Kirchentellinsfurt (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany). Climbing from 1,174 ft asl to 2,670 ft asl, an increase of 1,497 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 91 kt44 kt min to max 101 kt 44 95 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.2 °0.0 ° min to max 19.3 ° 18.6 1.8 °
98 % Average g force 1.00 g0.55 g min to max 1.58 g 0.84 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 988 fpm155 fpm min to max 2,615 fpm 1,791 155 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,043 ft asl1,174 ft asl min to max 2,670 ft asl 1,174 2,670 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-18.5 ° min to max 10.7 ° -18.5 -1.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 99.99Enroute descent started 1 mile north west of Kusterdingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany). Descent from 2,673 ft asl to 1,843 ft asl, a decrease of 829 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 86 kt47 kt min to max 106 kt 95 47 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 7.5 ° 3.2 0.4 °
99.9 % Average g force 1.00 g0.62 g min to max 1.15 g 1.01 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -558 fpm-2,039 fpm min to max 143 fpm 143 -843 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,341 ft asl1,843 ft asl min to max 2,677 ft asl 2,673 1,843 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-12.2 ° min to max 5.0 ° -0.4 4.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 79.51The approach began 482 ft above the landing spot at 40 kt and slowed to 11 kt in 37 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 6 °Full marks up to 20 °
99.6 % Fastest descent 805 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
32 % 36 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 5 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 232 ft120 ft min to max 482 ft 482 182 ft
Info Average ground speed 19 kt10 kt min to max 40 kt 40 11 kt
Info Average airspeed 24 kt13 kt min to max 46 kt 46 13 kt
Info Average VSI -380 fpm-805 fpm min to max -128 fpm -805 -239 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °-1.7 ° min to max 5.2 ° 4.5 -0.6 °
Info Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 5.6 ° 2.8 5.0 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 1.01 1.03 g
010020030005001,000Steepest, 805 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Hover 72.13Hovered before the landing for 12 seconds, on average 30 ft above the spot, moving 150 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
74 % Moved over the ground at 7.6 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
54 % Height held within 10 ftFull marks within 4 ft
91 % Steepest bank 7 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 30 ft13 ft min to max 47 ft 47 13 ft
Info Average ground speed 8 kt4 kt min to max 11 kt 11 8 kt
Info Average VSI -121 fpm-249 fpm min to max 84 fpm -198 -5 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-8.1 ° min to max 8.0 ° -0.9 6.6 °
Info Average bank angle 2.5 °0.1 ° min to max 7.2 ° 2.1 0.9 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.92 g min to max 1.06 g 1.02 0.92 g
100 ft200 ftNArriveSet down
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from where it set down.
02040600 s5 s10 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 30.4 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Arrival Touchdown 79.56Touched down at 404 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
49 % Touched down at 404 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 3 ft0 ft min to max 9 ft 9 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 5 kt0 kt min to max 8 kt 8 0 kt
Info Average VSI -193 fpm-404 fpm min to max 0 fpm -175 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °0.1 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.7 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 1.7 °0.1 ° min to max 4.2 ° 4.2 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.08 g0.85 g min to max 1.40 g 0.85 1.00 g
0102030-15 s-10 s-5 scontact
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 404 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. It was not moving over the ground. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

2 landings

Every landing in this flight

The flight is kept as it was recorded: it ends when the engine is shut down, so a landing with the rotors turning is a stop along the way, not a new flight.

# Where Into flight Touchdown Ground speed Sideways On the ground
1 Kirchentellinsfurt (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) 5:51 0 ft/min 0.0 kt 0.0 kt 0:04
2 3 miles west of Kusterdingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) 10:21 404 ft/min 0.0 kt 0.0 kt End of flight

Lift-off & hover

The last lift-off of 2 - each has its own stage above.

71.10Hover heightsteady within 7 ft
93.30Hover drift5.7 kt
84.00Hover bank8°
43.80Sink moving off381 fpm
0.00Nose down44°

Approach

The last approach of 2 - each has its own stage above.

99.60Steepest descent805 fpm
32.10Slow and sinking36 %
100.00Bank6°
100.00Nose up5°
54.00Hover before landingsteady within 10 ft

Touchdown

The last landing of 2 - each has its own stage above.

48.90Rate at contact404 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

Landing 2 of 2

Hover, approach and touchdown

The last lift-off and the last landing. The other landing has the same drawings in its own stages above.

Hover82.74

20 ft40 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
01020300 s2 s4 s6 s8 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 14.4 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.

Approach79.51

010020030005001,000Steepest, 805 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Touchdown79.56

0102030-15 s-10 s-5 scontact
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 404 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. It was not moving over the ground. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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Flight narrative

The Airbus H145 executed a go-around 3 nm west of Kusterdingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, aborting the landing attempt at 0 ft above ground level.

During the final approach the aircraft descended from 229 ft agl to 44 ft agl over a period of 191 seconds, and the flight was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.

In the subsequent approach to touchdown the helicopter reduced altitude from 43 ft agl to 0 ft agl, a loss of 43 ft achieved in 13 seconds.

In total the flight covered 11 nm, lasted 9 minutes and consumed 32 kg of fuel.

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