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EDWI
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Elevation-253 ft asl
Weight2,697 kg
Fuel364 kg
Wind350° · 1 kn

Flight Score

87.26 %
Kirchwistedt
Lower Saxony, Germany
Elevation-227 ft asl
Weight2,621 kg
Fuel284 kg
Wind338° · 1 kn
24 Aug 2026 0:19 34 nm Airbus H145 79 kg
Departure Score
75.92 %
Enroute Score
99.95 %
Arrival Score
85.92 %

What went well

No sideways movement at touchdown
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Departure Hover — Height held within 19 ft at 0 %, Moved over the ground at 6.9 kt on average at 81 %, −7.00 points
Arrival Approach — bank angle up to 31.4 ° at 54 %, Fastest descent 1,147 fpm at 71 %, −3.42 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 276 fpm at 81 %, −1.27 points

Next time

Departure

Hold the hover height with small, early collective movements, and add pedal as you change power so the nose stays put.

What happened: The hover after lift-off wandered 19 ft around its height, against 4 ft for a steady one.

Watch for: Height above the ground, steady within 4 ft.

See Departure Hover

Arrival

Hold the descent to 800 fpm or less on the approach, so the landing starts from a rate that is already under control.

What happened: The approach reached 1,147 fpm of descent and the helicopter met the ground at 276 fpm. A steep approach leaves a lot of descent to stop in little height, and a firm touchdown is what usually follows.

Watch for: Vertical speed: no more than 800 fpm on the approach.

See Arrival ApproachArrival Touchdown

The ground restricts the rotor's downwash, reducing the power needed to hover. The effect is strongest within about half a rotor diameter of the surface and mostly gone by one full diameter. This is why a collective setting that holds a hover at 3 feet won't hold it at 30 feet.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

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 Hover 58.00Lifted into the hover and held it for 10 seconds, on average 24 ft above the spot, moving 79 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
81 % Moved over the ground at 6.9 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
0 % Height held within 19 ftFull marks within 4 ft
99 % Steepest bank 6 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 24 ft3 ft min to max 48 ft 4 48 ft
Info Average ground speed 7 kt3 kt min to max 12 kt 3 11 kt
Info Average VSI 171 fpm8 fpm min to max 328 fpm 91 223 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-9.1 ° min to max 4.5 ° -1.8 -2.0 °
Info Average bank angle 4.2 °1.9 ° min to max 6.2 ° 6.2 4.7 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.05 g 0.95 1.05 g
50 ft100 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
02040600 s5 s10 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 24.2 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Departure Transition 93.85Accelerated away from 10 kt to 62 kt, reaching 154 ft above the spot in 16 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 14 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
80 % Nose down by up to 19 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 106 ft54 ft min to max 157 ft 54 154 ft
Info Average ground speed 32 kt9 kt min to max 62 kt 10 62 kt
Info Average airspeed 20 kt3 kt min to max 46 kt 3 46 kt
Info Average VSI 390 fpm46 fpm min to max 726 fpm 285 46 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -9.9 °-19.1 ° min to max -3.4 ° -6.0 -5.2 °
Info Average bank angle 6.4 °0.3 ° min to max 13.8 ° 11.9 10.6 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.95 g min to max 1.16 g 1.04 1.08 g
Enroute Climb 99.95Enroute climb started overhead Sande (Lower Saxony, Germany). Climbing from -98 ft asl to 697 ft asl, an increase of 794 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 85 kt50 kt min to max 94 kt 50 94 kt
100 % Average bank angle 4.1 °0.0 ° min to max 14.1 ° 12.3 1.6 °
99 % Average g force 1.01 g0.62 g min to max 1.40 g 1.08 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 514 fpm-614 fpm min to max 1,893 fpm 104 195 fpm
Info Average altitude 280 ft asl-98 ft asl min to max 697 ft asl -98 697 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-13.8 ° min to max 11.7 ° -4.4 -3.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 99.96Enroute level cruise started 1 mile south east of EDWI JadeWeser Airport Wilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony, Germany) and lasted 15 minutes, covering 31 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99.9 % Altitude held within ±535 ft of 340 ft asl77 ft asl min to max 880 ft asl 699 306 ft asl
100 % Average speed 123 kt76 kt min to max 134 kt 94 76 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.3 °0.0 ° min to max 29.9 ° 1.0 22.6 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.00 g0.70 g min to max 1.37 g 0.99 1.04 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-11.2 ° min to max 4.6 ° -3.6 -9.9 °
Arrival Approach 79.49The approach began 497 ft above the landing spot at 76 kt and slowed to 10 kt in 2.6 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
54 % Steepest bank 31 °Full marks up to 20 °
71 % Fastest descent 1,147 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
91 % 9 % 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 9 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 150 ft12 ft min to max 497 ft 497 12 ft
Info Average ground speed 33 kt1 kt min to max 76 kt 76 10 kt
Info Average airspeed 28 kt0 kt min to max 75 kt 75 13 kt
Info Average VSI -212 fpm-1,147 fpm min to max 378 fpm -111 -348 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -5.6 °-19.7 ° min to max 9.3 ° -10.2 3.4 °
Info Average bank angle 12.5 °0.4 ° min to max 31.4 ° 25.0 10.0 °
Info Average g force 1.06 g0.79 g min to max 1.28 g 1.11 1.09 g
020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 1,147 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 92.36Touched down at 276 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
81 % Touched down at 276 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 2 ft0 ft min to max 5 ft 5 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 6 kt0 kt min to max 10 kt 10 0 kt
Info Average VSI -213 fpm-362 fpm min to max 0 fpm -362 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 5.4 °4.0 ° min to max 6.6 ° 6.6 4.0 °
Info Average bank angle 3.9 °0.4 ° min to max 8.8 ° 0.4 2.5 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g0.94 g min to max 1.19 g 0.94 1.00 g

Lift-off & hover

0.00Hover heightsteady within 19 ft
81.20Hover drift6.9 kt
98.60Hover bank6°
100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
79.50Nose down19°

Approach

71.00Steepest descent1,147 fpm
91.10Slow and sinking9 %
54.30Bank31°
100.00Nose up9°

Touchdown

80.90Rate at contact276 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Hover58.00

50 ft100 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
02040600 s5 s10 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 24.2 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.

Approach79.49

020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 1,147 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.

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Flight narrative

The aircraft began its enroute climb overhead Sande, Lower Saxony, Germany, climbing from 84 ft asl to 851 ft asl, an increase of 767 ft in 2 minutes while covering 2 nm.

A brief level cruise followed overhead Sande, lasting 1 minute and covering less than 1 nm.

A subsequent level cruise started 1 mile southeast of EDWI JadeWeser Airport Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany, lasting 15 minutes and covering 31 nm.

During the approach, the aircraft descended over Kirchwistedt, Lower Saxony, Germany, from 124 ft agl to 0 ft agl, a loss of 124 ft in 103 seconds.

Touchdown occurred over Kirchwistedt with a touchdown speed at 9 kt, a touchdown rate of minus 276 fpm, and a very long touchdown point using more than 50 % of the available runway. Local weather reported a temperature of 13 °C, wind 1 kt from 338°, crosswind 0 kt and headwind 1 kt.

The flight covered a total distance of 34 nm, took 19 minutes, and used 79 kg of fuel.

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