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Flight Score
Departure
Rotate sooner, bringing the nose up at 42 kt rather than letting speed build further.
What happened: You lifted off at 51 kt against a rotation target of 42 kt, rotating late in the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch airspeed and rotate at the target of 42 kt.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Pick a point at the far end of the runway and make small rudder corrections to track the centreline.
What happened: The aircraft drifted off the centreline on approach.
Watch for: Runway alignment against the centreline.
See Arrival Approach
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 12 stages, 10 scored
Events
Events
Events
The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: no landing flap set and centreline 6.6° off, against a 1° limit.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 5.5° against the runway's 3° and centreline 1.3° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
wheel landing
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 234 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Savage Cub taxied to runway 33 at Hawthorne Industrial Airport (KHTH) and entered the departure roll. Ambient conditions were 7 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 182°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
During takeoff the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 52 kt, covering a ground roll of 176 m which represented 16 % of the available runway length.
Climb commenced immediately after liftoff, beginning overhead KHTH. The airplane rose from 5,114 ft asl to 5,673 ft asl, gaining 558 ft in 1 minutes while traversing less than 1 nm.
Level cruise was established one mile north of KHTH and persisted for 13 minutes, during which the aircraft covered 21 nm.
A brief descent phase occurred as the aircraft reduced altitude from 47 ft agl to 0 ft agl, a loss of 47 ft achieved in 10 seconds.
The final approach to Schurtz Airport was flown from 1 nm to 1 nm at an altitude of 1,274 ft agl, positioning the aircraft for touchdown.
Touchdown was recorded at a speed of 36 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 108 fpm and a ground roll of 228 m. Weather at Schurtz Airport was 7 °C, wind 2 kt from 188°, a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind.
Rollout continued at an elevation of 4,198 ft asl, with the aircraft traveling an additional 28 m before exiting the runway.
In total the flight covered 25 nm, required 19 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 24 kg of fuel.
The Savage Cub completed the final approach to Schurtz Airport from 1 nm to 1 nm at 1,274 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable: flaps were not set, the aircraft was off the glideslope and off the centreline. Ambient conditions were Temperature 7 °C, Wind 2 kt at 188 °, Crosswind 1 kt and Tailwind 1 kt.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft descended from 47 ft agl to 0 ft agl, a decrease of 47 ft in 10 seconds.
Touchdown occurred at a speed of 36 kt, noted as a little fast, with a smooth vertical rate of minus 108 fpm and a good touchdown point of 228 m down the runway.
The rollout was recorded at an altitude of 4,198 ft asl and covered a distance of 28 m.
To improve the score, ensure that flaps are selected and the glideslope and centreline are captured by the 1,000 ft gate, and manage the approach speed to meet the target VREF rather than a little fast.
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