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EGAC
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Elevation9 ft asl
Weight2,465 kg
Fuel364 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

78.67 %
EGAA
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Elevation262 ft asl
Weight2,465 kg
Fuel344 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
23 Oct 2026 0:09 14 nm Airbus H145 20 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
99.99 %
Arrival Score
36.01 %

What went well

No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Sideways at touchdown 6.6 kt at 0 %, Touched down at 458 fpm at 36 %, −11.33 points
Arrival Approach — Fastest descent 2,548 fpm at 0 %, 69 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 0 %, −10.00 points

Next time

Arrival

Stop all movement over the ground in the hover before lowering the collective, and hold the spot with cyclic all the way down.

What happened: The helicopter was moving sideways at 6.6 kt when it touched down; full marks allow 1 kt.

Watch for: A fixed point on the ground beside you, not moving as you descend.

See Arrival Touchdown

As you slow through about 20 knots near the end, add collective to offset the loss of translational lift, together with the matching pedal. Keep some forward speed until you're close to the ground.

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Start to finish · 6 stages, 6 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 Transition 100.00Accelerated away from 8 kt to 22 kt, reaching 305 ft above the spot in 14 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 1 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 7 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 197 ft103 ft min to max 305 ft 103 305 ft
Info Average ground speed 12 kt8 kt min to max 22 kt 8 22 kt
Info Average airspeed 8 kt5 kt min to max 14 kt 5 14 kt
Info Average VSI 773 fpm560 fpm min to max 890 fpm 560 838 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -1.6 °-7.5 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 -7.5 °
Info Average bank angle 1.1 °0.9 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.1 1.0 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g1.00 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 1.01 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead EGAC George Best Belfast City Airport Belfast (City of Belfast, Northern Ireland). Climbing from 337 ft asl to 2,375 ft asl, an increase of 2,038 ft in 5 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 91 kt16 kt min to max 108 kt 16 94 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.9 °0.0 ° min to max 18.0 ° 0.8 17.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.74 g min to max 1.21 g 1.01 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 448 fpm-252 fpm min to max 1,096 fpm 827 169 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,420 ft asl337 ft asl min to max 2,375 ft asl 337 2,375 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -5.6 °-12.2 ° min to max -3.6 ° -7.2 -6.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Templepatrick (Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±619 ft of 2,308 ft asl2,223 ft asl min to max 2,427 ft asl 2,378 2,225 ft asl
100 % Average speed 104 kt94 kt min to max 108 kt 94 108 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.3 °0.2 ° min to max 16.6 ° 16.6 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.92 g min to max 1.15 g 1.04 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -6.4 °-6.8 ° min to max -5.9 ° -6.3 -6.4 °
Enroute Descent 99.97Enroute descent started 1 mile south of Templepatrick (Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland). Descent from 2,225 ft asl to 772 ft asl, a decrease of 1,453 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 92 kt20 kt min to max 117 kt 108 20 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.4 °0.1 ° min to max 26.1 ° 0.3 3.9 °
99.7 % Average g force 1.00 g0.46 g min to max 1.40 g 0.99 0.92 g
Info Average VSI -510 fpm-1,021 fpm min to max 661 fpm -2 -712 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,442 ft asl772 ft asl min to max 2,225 ft asl 2,225 772 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.5 °-8.8 ° min to max 8.5 ° -6.4 6.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 40.00The approach began 488 ft above the landing spot at 19 kt and slowed to 18 kt in 33 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 5 °Full marks up to 20 °
0 % Fastest descent 2,548 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
0 % 69 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 6 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 277 ft28 ft min to max 488 ft 488 28 ft
Info Average ground speed 9 kt3 kt min to max 19 kt 19 18 kt
Info Average airspeed 5 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 18 8 kt
Info Average VSI -822 fpm-2,548 fpm min to max 1,390 fpm -874 -2,084 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-4.2 ° min to max 6.3 ° 6.2 -4.2 °
Info Average bank angle 3.9 °2.5 ° min to max 5.3 ° 4.0 3.6 °
Info Average g force 0.95 g0.55 g min to max 1.91 g 0.93 1.06 g
02004006000200400Steepest, 2,548 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 32.02Touched down at 458 fpm with 9 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
36 % Touched down at 458 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
0 % Sideways at touchdown 6.6 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
71 % Forward at touchdown 9.3 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 2 ft0 ft min to max 6 ft 0 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 14 kt9 kt min to max 17 kt 17 9 kt
Info Average VSI -843 fpm-1,715 fpm min to max -356 fpm -1,715 -356 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °0.3 ° min to max 3.0 ° 3.0 0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 1.0 °0.3 ° min to max 2.4 ° 2.4 0.4 °
Info Average g force 1.82 g0.53 g min to max 3.61 g 3.61 1.32 g
0100200300400-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 580 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 458 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 9.3 kt, 6.6 kt of it to the left. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
100.00Nose down7°

Approach

0.00Steepest descent2,548 fpm
0.00Slow and sinking69 %
100.00Bank5°
100.00Nose up6°

Touchdown

35.50Rate at contact458 fpm
0.00Sideways drift6.6 kt
71.30Forward speed9.3 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach40.00

02004006000200400Steepest, 2,548 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Touchdown32.02

0100200300400-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 580 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 458 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 9.3 kt, 6.6 kt of it to the left. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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Flight narrative

The Airbus H145 accelerated from 8 kt to 22 kt, reaching 305 ft above the spot in 14 seconds.

During climb the aircraft rose from 337 ft asl to 2 375 ft asl in 5 minutes while covering 7 nm, starting overhead EGAC George Best Belfast City Airport Belfast.

The flight then entered level flight at 2 300 ft asl for 1 minute, covering 3 nm, beginning 2 miles east of Templepatrick.

Descent followed from 2 225 ft asl to 772 ft asl in 3 minutes, covering 4 nm, starting 1 mile south of Templepatrick.

The approach began 488 ft above the landing spot at 19 kt and slowed to 18 kt in 33 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.

On final the aircraft was configured for landing and touched down with a vertical speed of 458 fpm and a ground speed of 9 kt.

The total flight distance was 14 nm, the flight time was 9 minutes and 20 kg of fuel was used.

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