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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 73 kt with 4.8° 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 536 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,872 m of runway left; then climbing at 790 fpm on average to 536 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 2,998 m runway.
Rolled from 481 m in, drifted 3.8 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 29 % 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.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 210 ft below the slope.
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.
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.
Inside the 1° band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to 1.0 nm, then 45 m left of it from 1.0 nm to the threshold.
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.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −1 kt and +19 kt on the approach speed of 80 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
6 kt across from the right, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 71 kt. Touched down with 5° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 180° at 9 kt · 6 kt head · 6 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.
From 65 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 11 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 32 ft, 18 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 274 m in, close to the ideal 305 m.
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 1,524 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.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 360 fpm at 32 ft to 150 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.2° 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 first 1,524 m of the 2,489 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 9.2 m left of the centreline, and steered back to 2.8 m left by the end of 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.
The 274 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a DA-50, then departed from runway 13R at Tbilisi International Airport (UGTB). The takeoff distance was 397 meters, which accounted for 13% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 73 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 10°C, with a wind speed of 5 knots at 40°.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead Tbilisi International Airport. The aircraft climbed from an altitude of 2,109 feet above sea level to 2,974 feet, an increase of 865 feet, in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 2 miles east of Tbilisi, lasting 9 minutes and covering 21 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its journey, with another enroute climb starting 2 miles southwest of Mukhrani Airport (UGMM). The climb from 2,940 feet to 5,439 feet, an increase of 2,499 feet, took just 3 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 2 miles west of K'asp'i, lasting 3 minutes and covering 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued to climb, with another enroute climb starting 1 mile southeast of Uplistsikhe. The climb from 5,445 feet to 10,394 feet, an increase of 4,949 feet, took 7 minutes, covering 12 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 4 miles southeast of Agara, lasting 35 minutes and covering 83 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, starting 5 miles northwest of Shuakhevi. The descent from 10,467 feet to 925 feet, a decrease of 9,542 feet, took 8 minutes, covering 21 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then began 1 mile south of Batumi, lasting 2 minutes and covering 3 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 13 at Batumi International Airport (UGSB) was made from the northwest, with a heading of 131.0° at 1 nautical mile and 128 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown distance of 272 meters, which was 21% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was 71 knots, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -147 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline, by 9.5 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 20°C, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 180°. The crosswind was 7 knots, and the headwind was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 530 meters, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned from the centerline, by 9.1 meters.
The total flight distance was 162 nautical miles, taking 77 minutes, and the aircraft used 44 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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