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Maintain the centreline
See Departure Roll
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 79 kt with 3.4° of pitch.
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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 525 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,974 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,010 fpm on average to 525 ft.
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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 4,494 ft runway.
Rolled from 50 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 20 ft at the widest, and lifted off 20 ft right. Airborne 25 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 269° at 2 kt · 1 kt tail · 1 kt across
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 4,987 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 46 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 2,690 ft in, 1,690 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 4,987 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 510 fpm at 46 ft to 50 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.2° on the way down.
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.
Plan view — the full 4,987 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 8 ft of it down the rollout.
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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 2,690 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.11 G arrival bounced 3 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 24 at CYCK Chatham Kent Airport. The T-6 Texan aircraft accelerated down the runway, covering a distance of 1,151 feet, which was 26% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was achieved at 80 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 60°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 270°. The crosswind component was 1 knot, while the headwind component was also 1 knot.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead CYCK Chatham Kent Airport. The aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,205 feet above sea level to 2,367 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,162 feet in just 1 minute. During this climb, the aircraft covered a distance of 2 nautical miles.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent, which started 2 miles southeast of CYCK Chatham Kent Airport. The descent from 2,365 feet above sea level to 575 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,790 feet in 2 minutes, covered a distance of 1 nautical mile.
The flight then proceeded to CNZ3 Chatham-Kent, where a go-around was performed from a height of 0 feet above ground level. Following the go-around, the aircraft made a final approach to runway 05 at CNZ3 Chatham-Kent from the southwest, heading 44.0° at an altitude of 68 feet above ground level and a distance of 0 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 05 at CNZ3 Chatham-Kent was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 71 knots. The touchdown point was located very far down the runway, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown rate was perfect at -49 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was also perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 269°, with a crosswind component of 1 knot and a tailwind component of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 4,483 feet, which was 90% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled deceleration of the aircraft. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 9 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 9 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 8 minutes. Notably, the aircraft used 0 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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