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South Wharf
State of Victoria, Australia
Elevation-408 ft asl
Weight1,695 kg
Fuel1,696 kg

Flight Score

98.30 %
SB12
Melbourne, Australia
Elevation127 ft asl
Weight1,690 kg
Fuel1,689 kg
28 Sep 2026 0:03 2 nm EC30 6 kg
Departure Score
94.90 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
100.00 %

What went well

Touched down at 12 fpm — a soft arrival
No sideways movement at touchdown
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Departure Hover — bank angle up to 8.4 ° at 83 %, Height held within 6 ft at 86 %, −1.70 points

Next time

Departure

Keep the disc level with small cyclic pressures instead of large corrections that have to be taken back out.

What happened: The steepest bank in the hover after lift-off was 8.4°; a steady hover stays within 6°.

Watch for: The horizon level across the windscreen.

See Departure Hover

The ground restricts the rotor's downwash, reducing the power needed to hover. The effect is strongest within about half a rotor diameter of the surface and mostly gone by one full diameter. This is why a collective setting that holds a hover at 3 feet won't hold it at 30 feet.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

Start to finish · 6 stages, 5 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 Hover 89.80Lifted into the hover and held it for 7 seconds, on average 15 ft above the spot, moving 83 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99.6 % Moved over the ground at 5.0 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
86 % Height held within 6 ftFull marks within 4 ft
83 % Steepest bank 8 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 15 ft6 ft min to max 23 ft 6 23 ft
Info Average ground speed 5 kt1 kt min to max 7 kt 1 7 kt
Info Average VSI 85 fpm34 fpm min to max 198 fpm 59 198 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-4.8 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 -3.3 °
Info Average bank angle 6.4 °0.3 ° min to max 8.4 ° 0.3 8.4 °
Info Average g force 1.05 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.05 1.07 g
50 ft100 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
01020300 s2 s4 s6 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 15.0 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Departure Transition 100.00Accelerated away from 8 kt to 35 kt, reaching 324 ft above the spot in 23 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 15 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 8 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 159 ft29 ft min to max 324 ft 29 324 ft
Info Average ground speed 24 kt8 kt min to max 35 kt 8 35 kt
Info Average airspeed 42 kt19 kt min to max 63 kt 19 63 kt
Info Average VSI 668 fpm310 fpm min to max 1,218 fpm 310 1,218 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -4.4 °-7.6 ° min to max 1.6 ° -1.2 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 6.1 °0.0 ° min to max 14.9 ° 14.9 3.2 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g0.94 g min to max 1.13 g 1.10 1.06 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead South Wharf (State of Victoria, Australia). Climbing from -96 ft asl to 358 ft asl, an increase of 454 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 61 kt42 kt min to max 74 kt 64 42 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.9 °0.1 ° min to max 21.1 ° 2.0 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.86 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 1.02 g
Info Average VSI 297 fpm-832 fpm min to max 1,574 fpm 1,340 -797 fpm
Info Average altitude 469 ft asl-96 ft asl min to max 704 ft asl -96 358 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-3.6 ° min to max 5.0 ° 1.2 2.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Albert Park (State of Victoria, Australia). Descent from 344 ft asl to 150 ft asl, a decrease of 194 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 29 kt11 kt min to max 42 kt 42 11 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.1 ° min to max 3.6 ° 2.4 3.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.98 g min to max 1.08 g 1.01 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -539 fpm-751 fpm min to max -295 fpm -751 -326 fpm
Info Average altitude 233 ft asl150 ft asl min to max 344 ft asl 344 150 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.2 °2.5 ° min to max 9.1 ° 2.5 4.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach The approach began 496 ft above the landing spot at 4 kt and slowed to 2 kt in 2 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average height above the spot 494 ft493 ft min to max 496 ft 496 493 ft
Info Average ground speed 3 kt2 kt min to max 4 kt 4 2 kt
Info Average airspeed 8 kt6 kt min to max 10 kt 10 6 kt
Info Average VSI -178 fpm-275 fpm min to max -64 fpm -275 -64 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °3.8 ° min to max 6.2 ° 6.2 3.8 °
Info Average bank angle 4.0 °2.8 ° min to max 4.6 ° 4.5 4.6 °
Info Average g force 1.07 g1.02 g min to max 1.15 g 1.03 1.02 g
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 12 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 12 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 2 ft0 ft min to max 5 ft 5 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average VSI -6 fpm-12 fpm min to max 0 fpm -12 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-0.2 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.9 -0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.4 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g

Lift-off & hover

85.90Hover heightsteady within 6 ft
99.60Hover drift5.0 kt
82.90Hover bank8°
100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
100.00Nose down8°

Touchdown

100.00Rate at contact12 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Hover89.80

50 ft100 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
01020300 s2 s4 s6 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 15.0 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.

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Flight narrative

The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 30 at SB12 Melbourne, covering a distance of less than 1 nm in 41 seconds.

It then proceeded onto the left-hand crosswind leg, traveling less than 1 nm in 27 seconds.

The downwind turn was flown for a distance of 2 nm, establishing a 45-degree angle to the runway measured at 106.0 °.

After the turn, the aircraft flew the downwind leg for less than 1 nm, a segment completed in 69 seconds.

Touchdown was achieved at Melbourne with a speed of 4 kt and a vertical rate of minus 12 fpm; the aircraft contacted the ground before the runway threshold.

Overall the flight covered 1 nm, took 3 (as reported) and used 6 kg of fuel, with ambient temperature reported at 13 °C.

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