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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 65 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 46 kt, 19 kt before the 65 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 65 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin raising the nose sooner, at 11 ft, rather than waiting until 6.4 ft.
What happened: The flare began late at 6.4 ft, below the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter approaching 11 ft as the cue to start the flare.
See Arrival Landing
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 for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: centreline 1.1° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 422 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The JMB VL-3 Sprint taxied from the parking area to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 05R, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 50 kt and became airborne after a takeoff distance of 240 m, which represents 7 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 16 °C, wind 6 kt from 0°, with a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
The approach phase comprised a right-hand pattern entry of less than 1 nm completed in 750 seconds, followed by a right-hand cross-wind segment of less than 1 nm in 27 seconds. The downwind turn covered 1 nm at an angle of 106.7°, after which the downwind leg extended 4 nm in 170 seconds. The base-leg turn spanned 3 nm at an angle of 24.9°, and the base leg itself was less than 1 nm completed in 23 seconds. The final turn added another 1 nm in 87 seconds, and the final approach to runway 05R was flown from the southwest on a heading of 68.0° at 2 nm and 660 ft AGL.
Landing on runway 05R, which is 3 284 m long, the aircraft touched down at a threshold speed of 51 kt, a touchdown distance of 420 m and a touchdown speed of 40 kt. The descent rate at touchdown was minus 84 fpm and runway alignment was reported as perfect. Weather at the time was a temperature of 17 °C, wind 6 kt from 1°, with a 6 kt cross-wind and a 2 kt head-wind. The total landing distance recorded was 456 m, representing 14 % of the runway.
Rollout proceeded with very good runway alignment and the aircraft decelerated within the remaining runway length after the 456 m landing roll.
In total, the flight covered 9 nm, took 9 (units as provided), and consumed 5 kg of fuel.
The JMB VL-3 Sprint, with a final score of 99.1 %, made a final approach to runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport from the south-west, tracking a heading of 68.0 ° at 2 nm and 660 ft agl. Local weather was 17 °C with a wind of 6 kt from 1 °, giving a 6 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt headwind component.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft landed on runway 05R, whose length is 3 284 m. The threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 51 kt.
Touchdown occurred 420 m down the runway, a distance described as good, with a touchdown speed of 40 kt and an excellent touchdown rate of minus 84 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 456 m, representing 14 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the precise target threshold speed and adjust the flare to achieve touchdown nearer the 300 m aim point, which will keep the landing distance comfortably low while preserving the excellent alignment already demonstrated.
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