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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 48 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 63 kt, 15 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 48 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
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 for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
At the 300 ft gate: no landing flap set, sink rate above what the glideslope needed and off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,059 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,059 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 147 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 approximately 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an XCub, then departed from runway 10 at KLNA Palm Beach County Park Airport. The takeoff distance was 241 meters, which accounted for 23% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 63 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 99 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 2 knots. The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 10, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 45 seconds. The subsequent left-hand pattern crosswind leg was completed in 24 seconds, also covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The pattern downwind turn was executed at an angle of 63.8 degrees to the runway, with a distance of 1 nautical mile. The downwind leg itself covered a distance of 2 nautical miles in 75 seconds. The base leg turn was completed at an angle of 2.3 degrees to the runway, with a distance of 1 nautical mile. The final approach to runway 10 was made from the west, with a heading of 92.0 degrees at an altitude of 216 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 10 was successful, with a threshold speed slightly above the target at 60 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 146 meters, and the touchdown speed was 47 knots, which was also within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate was good at -181 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 7.2 meters.
The total landing distance was 362 meters, which accounted for 34% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned from the centreline by 10.0 meters. The post-landing taxiing period from the runway to the parking area took approximately 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 4 nautical miles, which was completed in 9 minutes, and the aircraft used 1 kilogram of fuel during the flight.
The XCub aircraft successfully landed at KLNA Palm Beach County Park Airport, achieving a score of 94.4%. The final approach was conducted from the west, heading 92.0° at an altitude of 216 feet above ground level (agl) and 0 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft touched down on runway 10, which has a length of 1,059 meters.
The threshold height was satisfactory, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 60 knots. However, the touchdown distance of 146 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 47 knots was also within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate of -181 feet per minute was good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 32°C and a wind speed of 2 knots from 99°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and a headwind of 2 knots. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 7.2 meters, but this did not significantly impact the landing.
The total landing distance of 362 meters was 34% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance. However, the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 10.0 meters. Despite these minor deviations, the overall performance of the XCub aircraft during the landing was satisfactory, with a score of 94.4%.
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