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Kirchwistedt
Lower Saxony, Germany
Elevation-227 ft asl
Weight2,704 kg
Fuel284 kg
Wind343° · 1 kn

Flight Score

92.81 %
EDWI
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Elevation-255 ft asl
Weight2,632 kg
Fuel208 kg
Wind353° · 1 kn
24 Aug 2026 0:18 31 nm Airbus H145 76 kg
Departure Score
84.07 %
Enroute Score
99.92 %
Arrival Score
94.44 %

What went well

Touched down at 177 fpm — a soft arrival
No sideways movement at touchdown
Hover height held within 4 ft

What held you back

Departure Transition — bank angle up to 30.3 ° at 49 %, −5.31 points
Arrival Approach — bank angle up to 32.3 ° at 51 %, 15 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 77 %, −1.85 points

Next time

Departure

Keep the helicopter level until it is climbing with speed, then turn.

What happened: The steepest bank while accelerating away was 30°, against 15° for full marks.

Watch for: Attitude indicator: level until established in the climb.

See Departure Transition

Arrival

Line up with the landing spot earlier, so the last part of the approach needs only gentle turns.

What happened: The steepest bank on the approach was 32°, against 20° for full marks.

Watch for: Bank angle: within 20° on the approach.

See Arrival Approach

As you push the cyclic forward, the rotor's lift tilts forward and less of it supports the helicopter. Until you reach effective translational lift, the helicopter will tend to sink, so add a little collective as the cyclic goes forward, and accelerate gently.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

Start to finish · 7 stages, 7 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 Transition 84.07Accelerated away from 9 kt to 60 kt, reaching 116 ft above the spot in 17 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
49 % Steepest bank 30 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
98 % Nose down by up to 15 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 98 ft21 ft min to max 135 ft 21 116 ft
Info Average ground speed 35 kt9 kt min to max 60 kt 9 60 kt
Info Average airspeed 26 kt3 kt min to max 51 kt 3 51 kt
Info Average VSI 480 fpm215 fpm min to max 931 fpm 256 656 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -9.8 °-15.4 ° min to max -0.7 ° -11.4 -8.7 °
Info Average bank angle 15.2 °2.7 ° min to max 30.3 ° 7.3 10.3 °
Info Average g force 1.07 g0.97 g min to max 1.16 g 1.08 0.97 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Kirchwistedt (Lower Saxony, Germany). Climbing from -48 ft asl to 735 ft asl, an increase of 783 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 99 kt53 kt min to max 113 kt 53 96 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.5 °0.0 ° min to max 12.4 ° 12.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.84 g min to max 1.20 g 0.93 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 519 fpm-199 fpm min to max 988 fpm 578 250 fpm
Info Average altitude 283 ft asl-48 ft asl min to max 735 ft asl -48 735 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.3 °-11.5 ° min to max 0.6 ° -11.5 -0.3 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Beverstedt (Lower Saxony, Germany) and lasted 14 minutes, covering 26 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±537 ft of 720 ft asl687 ft asl min to max 741 ft asl 738 721 ft asl
100 % Average speed 115 kt76 kt min to max 129 kt 95 126 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 11.9 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.78 g min to max 1.17 g 0.96 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -3.0 °-8.7 ° min to max 0.3 ° -0.3 -3.1 °
Enroute Descent 99.77Enroute descent started 1 mile east of EDWI JadeWeser Airport Wilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony, Germany). Descent from 721 ft asl to 188 ft asl, a decrease of 533 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 123 kt108 kt min to max 128 kt 126 108 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.1 ° min to max 1.6 ° 0.2 0.7 °
98 % Average g force 0.99 g0.04 g min to max 1.36 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -602 fpm-3,204 fpm min to max 207 fpm 6 -640 fpm
Info Average altitude 498 ft asl188 ft asl min to max 721 ft asl 721 188 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.3 °-12.4 ° min to max 1.1 ° -3.3 -3.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 83.31The approach began 424 ft above the landing spot at 105 kt and slowed to 8 kt in 1.6 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
51 % Steepest bank 32 °Full marks up to 20 °
100 % Fastest descent 690 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
77 % 15 % 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 5 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 262 ft27 ft min to max 424 ft 424 27 ft
Info Average ground speed 56 kt8 kt min to max 105 kt 105 8 kt
Info Average airspeed 58 kt9 kt min to max 108 kt 108 9 kt
Info Average VSI -251 fpm-690 fpm min to max 403 fpm -681 -312 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -0.9 °-3.7 ° min to max 5.1 ° -3.4 3.8 °
Info Average bank angle 8.1 °0.2 ° min to max 32.3 ° 0.8 1.5 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.89 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 1.05 g
020040060002,0004,0006,0008,000Steepest, 690 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 Hover 100.00Hovered before the landing for 7 seconds, on average 17 ft above the spot, moving 56 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Moved over the ground at 5.0 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
100 % Height held within 4 ftFull marks within 4 ft
100 % Steepest bank 4 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 17 ft10 ft min to max 23 ft 23 10 ft
Info Average ground speed 5 kt4 kt min to max 7 kt 7 5 kt
Info Average VSI -137 fpm-234 fpm min to max -70 fpm -234 -167 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-1.1 ° min to max 3.7 ° 3.7 -0.5 °
Info Average bank angle 2.2 °0.7 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.3 1.4 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.04 g 1.04 0.99 g
50 ft100 ftNArriveSet down
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from where it set down.
01020300 s2 s4 s6 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 17.1 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 177 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 177 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 7 ft 7 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 3 kt0 kt min to max 6 kt 6 0 kt
Info Average VSI -111 fpm-220 fpm min to max -4 fpm -153 -4 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °-0.4 ° min to max 2.1 ° 0.0 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.97 g0.74 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 1.00 g
0204060-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 170 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 177 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. It was not moving over the ground. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
97.80Nose down15°

Approach

100.00Steepest descent690 fpm
77.10Slow and sinking15 %
50.90Bank32°
100.00Nose up5°
100.00Hover before landingsteady within 4 ft

Touchdown

100.00Rate at contact177 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach83.31

020040060002,0004,0006,0008,000Steepest, 690 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.

Touchdown100.00

0204060-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 170 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 177 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. It was not moving over the ground. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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Flight narrative

The en-route climb began overhead Kirchwistedt in Lower Saxony, Germany, with the aircraft ascending from -179 ft asl to 587 ft asl. This climb produced an altitude gain of 766 ft in 1 minutes while covering 2 nm.

During the subsequent en-route level cruise the aircraft passed overhead Beverstedt, also in Lower Saxony, Germany. The cruise segment lasted 13 minutes and extended for 25 nm.

The final approach to JadeWeser Airport was conducted from 1 nm to 1 nm at an altitude of 975 ft agl, positioning the aircraft for landing.

A descent followed, dropping from 266 ft agl to ground level. The altitude loss of 266 ft occurred over 63 seconds.

Touchdown at JadeWeser Airport was achieved with a speed of 6 kt and a vertical rate of minus 177 fpm. The touchdown point was described as very long, using more than 50 % of the available runway. Local weather conditions reported a temperature of 14 °C, wind 1 kt from 353°, a crosswind component of 1 kt and a headwind component of 0 kt.

In total the flight covered 31 nm, required 18 minutes of elapsed time and consumed 76 kg of fuel.

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