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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Smooth the climb
A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 119 kt with 5.9° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 368 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 380 m of runway left; then climbing at 710 fpm on average to 368 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.
Plan view the roll down the 1,072 m runway.
Rolled from 65 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.4 m right. Airborne 52 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 4.2° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 180 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 4.2° here, which is about 450 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 70 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 115 m right of the centreline at 1.5 nm, then inside it from 1.0 to 0.7 nm, then 34 m left of it from 0.7 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +18 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 4° right of the track, 5° of bank.
Wind 017° at 2 kt · 2 kt tail · 0 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 83 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 8 s, an average deceleration of 0.34 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,025 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 20 ft, 30 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 373 m in, 68 m past the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,025 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
From 20 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 220 fpm before coming down at 170 fpm to touch. The nose came up 3.1° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 1,025 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 9.3 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 9.9 m left at the widest.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended.
The 373 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 to the runway, which took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Beechcraft Baron G58, then departed from runway 36 at Milano-Bresso Airfield. The takeoff distance was 499 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 119 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 6 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 3 knots at 39 degrees. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the headwind component was also 2 knots. With these conditions, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting overhead Cinisello Balsamo in Lombardia, Italy. The climb took 3 minutes and covered 8 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from 851 feet above sea level to 2,469 feet.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started overhead Cogliate in Lombardia, Italy. This phase lasted for 6 minutes and covered 14 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 1 mile east of Arcisate in Lombardia, Italy. The descent took 2 minutes and covered 4 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from 2,423 feet to 1,485 feet.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started overhead Porto Ceresio in Lombardia, Italy. This phase lasted for 4 minutes and covered 6 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 19 at Lugano Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 192.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 437 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 19 was successful, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 78 knots. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was good at -168 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 9.9 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots at 17 degrees. The crosswind component was 0 knots, while the tailwind component was 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 541 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.2 meters from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 35 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 20 minutes. The aircraft used 11 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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