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EG11
Arbroath, Scotland
Elevation134 ft asl
Weight2,453 kg
Fuel364 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

95.46 %
EG0A
Crail, Scotland
Elevation72 ft asl
Weight2,453 kg
Fuel344 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
22 Oct 2026 0:26 32 nm Airbus H145 20 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
99.75 %
Arrival Score
86.62 %

What went well

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

What held you back

Arrival Approach — 22 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 61 %, −2.42 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 323 fpm at 69 %, −2.05 points
Enroute Level — Altitude held within ±539 ft of 899 ft asl at 92 %, −0.08 points

Next time

Arrival

Keep forward airspeed until the descent is nearly stopped: reduce the rate of descent first, then let the speed come off.

What happened: For 22% of the approach the helicopter was slow and descending fast together, and it met the ground at 323 fpm. A slow, fast descent is hard to stop with collective, and a firm touchdown usually follows.

Watch for: Airspeed and vertical speed together: never low airspeed with a fast descent.

See Arrival ApproachArrival Touchdown

As you slow through about 20 knots near the end, add collective to offset the loss of translational lift, together with the matching pedal. Keep some forward speed until you're close to the ground.

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Start to finish · 14 stages, 14 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 100.00Accelerated away from 8 kt to 18 kt, reaching 315 ft above the spot in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 1 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 6 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 185 ft100 ft min to max 315 ft 100 315 ft
Info Average ground speed 12 kt8 kt min to max 18 kt 8 18 kt
Info Average airspeed 3 kt1 kt min to max 7 kt 2 7 kt
Info Average VSI 979 fpm600 fpm min to max 1,550 fpm 600 1,550 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-5.5 ° min to max 4.2 ° 0.5 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.3 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.7 0.4 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.15 g 1.02 1.02 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead EG11 Arbroath Airport Arbroath (Angus, Scotland). Climbing from 486 ft asl to 3,542 ft asl, an increase of 3,056 ft in 5 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 83 kt8 kt min to max 102 kt 8 102 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.6 °0.0 ° min to max 23.6 ° 0.8 0.7 °
99.99 % Average g force 1.00 g0.86 g min to max 1.32 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 854 fpm-270 fpm min to max 1,596 fpm 1,583 100 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,585 ft asl486 ft asl min to max 3,542 ft asl 486 3,542 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -5.2 °-21.2 ° min to max -1.8 ° -3.2 -5.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 5 miles south east of Arbroath (Angus, Scotland) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±678 ft of 3,487 ft asl3,343 ft asl min to max 3,582 ft asl 3,558 3,343 ft asl
100 % Average speed 107 kt103 kt min to max 111 kt 103 109 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.3 ° min to max 17.8 ° 0.7 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -6.5 °-7.0 ° min to max -5.8 ° -5.9 -6.5 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 10 miles north east of EG0A Crail Crail (Fife, Scotland). Descent from 3,330 ft asl to 2,033 ft asl, a decrease of 1,297 ft in 3 minutes and covering 5 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 94 kt64 kt min to max 109 kt 109 64 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 16.8 ° 0.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.78 g min to max 1.13 g 0.78 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -342 fpm-946 fpm min to max 171 fpm -128 -104 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,548 ft asl2,005 ft asl min to max 3,330 ft asl 3,330 2,033 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.4 °-7.3 ° min to max -1.7 ° -7.3 -2.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 9 miles east of EG0A Crail Crail (Fife, Scotland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±601 ft of 1,991 ft asl1,960 ft asl min to max 2,018 ft asl 2,018 1,962 ft asl
100 % Average speed 64 kt62 kt min to max 65 kt 64 65 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.3 ° min to max 1.6 ° 1.6 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.05 g 1.05 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -2.3 °-2.7 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.5 -2.6 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 9 miles east of EG0A Crail Crail (Fife, Scotland). Descent from 1,888 ft asl to 799 ft asl, a decrease of 1,089 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 47 kt10 kt min to max 96 kt 66 96 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.0 °0.0 ° min to max 31.1 ° 0.2 25.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.89 g min to max 1.15 g 0.94 1.10 g
Info Average VSI -725 fpm-1,611 fpm min to max 402 fpm -1,016 -750 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,145 ft asl799 ft asl min to max 1,888 ft asl 1,888 799 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-10.4 ° min to max 12.4 ° -3.3 -6.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 97.28Enroute level cruise started 9 miles east of EG0A Crail Crail (Fife, Scotland) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
92 % Altitude held within ±539 ft of 899 ft asl5 ft asl min to max 1,750 ft asl 786 992 ft asl
100 % Average speed 33 kt0 kt min to max 102 kt 99 45 kt
100 % Average bank angle 5.5 °0.1 ° min to max 36.0 ° 25.0 0.8 °
97 % Average g force 1.02 g-0.15 g min to max 2.40 g 1.09 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.5 °-12.9 ° min to max 24.2 ° -6.8 -2.7 °
Enroute Climb 2 99.99Enroute climb started 9 miles east of Crail (Fife, Scotland). Climbing from 1,012 ft asl to 1,908 ft asl, an increase of 896 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 76 kt47 kt min to max 90 kt 47 89 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 5.7 ° 0.8 0.3 °
99.9 % Average g force 1.00 g0.64 g min to max 1.23 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 605 fpm149 fpm min to max 1,246 fpm 1,172 347 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,490 ft asl1,012 ft asl min to max 1,908 ft asl 1,012 1,908 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.6 °-10.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° -2.7 -5.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 7 miles east of Crail (Fife, Scotland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±596 ft of 1,991 ft asl1,914 ft asl min to max 2,110 ft asl 1,914 2,013 ft asl
100 % Average speed 97 kt89 kt min to max 106 kt 89 106 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.3 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.86 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -6.0 °-6.7 ° min to max -5.5 ° -5.5 -6.2 °
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 4 miles east of EG0A Crail Crail (Fife, Scotland). Descent from 1,923 ft asl to 974 ft asl, a decrease of 949 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 79 kt60 kt min to max 104 kt 104 60 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.05 g 0.99 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -626 fpm-757 fpm min to max -380 fpm -514 -560 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,449 ft asl974 ft asl min to max 1,923 ft asl 1,923 974 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.6 °-5.1 ° min to max -1.0 ° -5.0 -1.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 5 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of EG0A Crail Crail (Fife, Scotland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±548 ft of 867 ft asl719 ft asl min to max 964 ft asl 964 719 ft asl
100 % Average speed 56 kt53 kt min to max 60 kt 60 53 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.7 ° 0.3 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.85 g min to max 1.13 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -1.8 °-2.3 ° min to max -1.3 ° -1.7 -1.8 °
Enroute Descent 4 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north east of Crail (Fife, Scotland). Descent from 707 ft asl to 513 ft asl, a decrease of 194 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 52 kt51 kt min to max 53 kt 53 51 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.2 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.85 g min to max 1.13 g 1.10 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -374 fpm-801 fpm min to max -144 fpm -725 -801 fpm
Info Average altitude 638 ft asl513 ft asl min to max 707 ft asl 707 513 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.7 °-2.0 ° min to max -1.4 ° -1.6 -1.9 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 85.51The approach began 494 ft above the landing spot at 50 kt and slowed to 11 kt in 86 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 7 °Full marks up to 20 °
90 % Fastest descent 917 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
61 % 22 % 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 7 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 186 ft10 ft min to max 494 ft 494 10 ft
Info Average ground speed 21 kt4 kt min to max 50 kt 50 11 kt
Info Average airspeed 24 kt5 kt min to max 51 kt 51 9 kt
Info Average VSI -294 fpm-917 fpm min to max 462 fpm -805 -631 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-3.7 ° min to max 7.1 ° -1.9 3.0 °
Info Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 6.6 ° 0.3 0.6 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.79 g min to max 1.37 g 1.00 1.37 g
020040060001,0002,0003,000Steepest, 917 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 87.72Touched down at 323 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
69 % Touched down at 323 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 5 kt0 kt min to max 10 kt 10 0 kt
Info Average VSI -245 fpm-413 fpm min to max 0 fpm -413 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °-0.7 ° min to max 7.4 ° 7.4 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.1 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.7 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.05 g0.98 g min to max 1.15 g 0.98 1.03 g

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
100.00Nose down6°

Approach

90.30Steepest descent917 fpm
61.40Slow and sinking22 %
100.00Bank7°
100.00Nose up7°

Touchdown

69.30Rate at contact323 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach85.51

020040060001,0002,0003,000Steepest, 917 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.

The rest of the report

Explore in detail

Flight narrative

The aircraft accelerated from 8 kt to 18 kt, reaching 315 ft above the spot in 11 seconds.

During climb the aircraft rose from 486 ft asl to 3,542 ft asl in 5 minutes, covering 7 nm while passing overhead EG11 Arbroath Airport.

It then entered level flight at about 3,500 ft asl for 3 minutes, covering 6 nm, beginning 5 nm south-east of Arbroath.

The descent began from 3,330 ft asl and continued to 799 ft asl in 6 minutes, covering 8 nm, starting 10 nm north-east of EG0A Crail, with a brief level-off at 2,000 ft asl.

A series of three short climbs, descents and level legs between 800 ft asl and 2,000 ft asl followed for 6 minutes, covering 6 nm, from 9 nm east of EG0A Crail to 7 nm east of Crail.

A further descent from 1,923 ft asl to 513 ft asl was made in 3 minutes, covering 4 nm, starting 4 nm east of EG0A Crail, with brief level-offs at 900 ft asl and 600 ft asl.

The approach started at 494 ft above the landing spot with a speed of 50 kt and slowed to 11 kt in 86 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.

Touchdown occurred with a vertical speed of 323 fpm and a ground speed of 0 kt.

The total flight distance was 32 nm, the elapsed time 26 minutes, and fuel consumption was 20 kg.

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