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Know your rotation speed
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: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,651 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 267 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche began with a departure roll on runway 18 at LFLB Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc Airport. The takeoff distance was 513 meters, covering 31% of the runway, with a liftoff speed of 92 knots. The local weather at departure was 14°C with a wind of 0 knots at 66°, resulting in no crosswind or headwind components.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft started climbing overhead Voglans in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The climb was from 1,533 feet above sea level to 2,482 feet above sea level, an increase of 948 feet in 1 minute covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
An enroute descent began overhead Mery in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The descent was from 2,480 feet above sea level to 1,720 feet above sea level, a decrease of 760 feet in 3 minutes covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 18 at LFLB Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc Airport was from the north, heading 176.0° at 2 nautical miles and 948 feet above ground level. The landing was on runway 18, which has a length of 1,651 meters. The threshold speed was slightly below target at 64 knots, and the touchdown speed was a little fast at 57 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -299 feet per minute, with the touchdown position slightly misaligned by 7.1 meters from the centerline. The local weather at landing was 14°C with a wind of 0 knots at 1°, resulting in no crosswind or headwind components.
The total landing distance was 1,210 meters, covering 73% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment after landing was very good. Taxiing from the runway to the parking area took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
Overall, the total flight distance was 10 nautical miles, taking 9 minutes, and using 6 kilograms of fuel.
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