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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Know your rotation speed
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,659 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,013 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the SR22 started at EGDI Merryfield Navy, where the taxiing from the parking to the runway took 4 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The departure roll on runway 21 covered a distance of 320 m, which was 25% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 89 kn. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were 13 °C temperature, with a 7 kn wind coming from 179 ° resulting in a crosswind of 3 kn and a headwind of 6 kn.
The enroute climb started overhead EGDI Merryfield Navy, climbing from 1,003 ft asl to 2,088 ft asl, gaining 1,085 ft in 2 minutes and covering 4 nm. The enroute level cruise began 2 miles east of EGUF Watchford Farm Airstrip Taunton and lasted 2 minutes, covering 5 nm.
The landing was done on runway 08 at EGTE Exeter, with a runway length of 2,030 m. The height at threshold was 36 ft agl, and the speed at threshold was 84 kn. The touchdown occurred 306 m from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 76 kn and a VSI of -79 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 13 °C temperature, with a 6 kn wind coming from 178 ° resulting in a crosswind of 6 kn and a tailwind of 1 kn. The total landing distance was 591 m, accounting for 29% of the runway length.
Upon landing, taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 2 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 27 nm, with a total duration of 17 minutes and fuel consumption of 16 kg.
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