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Flight Score
Hold the cruise
Enroute Level scored 89.57 % — bank angle up to 53.0 ° at 74 % was the weak point. Fixed, this flight scores 97.40 %.
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Events
Events
Events
From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 77 kt with 3.3° 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 takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 344 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 652 m of runway left; then climbing at 780 fpm on average to 344 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.
Plan view the roll down the 4,001 m runway.
Rolled from 2,934 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 6.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 6.3 m right. Airborne 81 % of the way down the runway, past 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 0.9 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 50 ft above 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.
Joined 609 m left of the centreline at 0.9 nm.
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 −5 kt and +31 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
4 kt across from the left, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 72 kt. Touched down with 3° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 150° at 15 kt · 14 kt head · 4 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 57 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 9 s, an average deceleration of 0.18 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 20 ft, 30 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 288 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 340 fpm at 22 ft to 80 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.7° 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 4,001 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5.1 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 7.5 m left at the widest.
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 288 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 16 at UBBB Heydar Aliyev International Airport. The aircraft, a DA-50, accelerated down the runway and lifted off at a speed of 78 kt, covering a takeoff distance of 297 m, which accounted for 7% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 15 °C and a wind speed of 16 kt blowing from 150 °.
Following takeoff, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, during which it flew overhead the airport at Baku, Azerbaijan, for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm. This brief enroute phase was a relatively short period of steady flight before the aircraft began its descent for landing.
The final approach to runway 16 was initiated from the north, with the aircraft heading 169.0 ° at an altitude of 99 ft above ground level (agl) and a distance of 0 nm from the runway threshold. The landing was executed on runway 16, which had a length of 4,001 m. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 78 kt.
The touchdown distance was 287 m, which was a good result, and the touchdown speed was 72 kt, also within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate was particularly impressive, with a rate of -83 fpm, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 5.1 m.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at takeoff, with a temperature of 14 °C and a wind speed of 15 kt blowing from 150 °. The crosswind component was 4 kt, while the headwind component was 14 kt. The total landing distance was 454 m, which accounted for 11% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled deceleration after touchdown.
In conclusion, the flight was a successful one, with a good takeoff, a brief but steady enroute phase, and a smooth and controlled landing. The aircraft used a total of 2 kg of fuel during the flight, which covered a distance of 3 nm.
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