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Fly the descent profile
Enroute Descent scored 33.72 % — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft, then GPWS warning; bank angle up to 178.8 ° at 0 %, g force -1.25 to 6.89 g at 0 % was the weak point. Fixed, this flight scores 95.86 %.
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Start to finish · 14 stages, 13 in the score
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 82 kt with 10.5° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 392 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 4,140 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,440 fpm on average to 392 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.
Plan view the roll down the 6,859 ft runway.
Rolled from 1,914 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 18 ft at the widest, and lifted off 18 ft right, in 9 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 31 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
High from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to 0.9 nm (up to 280 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,410 ft left of the centreline at 1.2 nm, then inside the band from 0.7 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to 0.8 nm (up to +36 kt), then inside the band to 0.5 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +27 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
3 kt across from the left, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 68 kt. Touched down with 3° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 160° at 12 kt · 12 kt head · 3 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
From 54 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 6 s, an average deceleration of 0.20 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 4,847 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 15 ft, 35 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 546 ft in, 454 ft short of the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 4,847 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 220 fpm at 13 ft to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.8° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 4,847 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 6 ft of it down the rollout.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 546 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.21 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 36 at EGPO Stornoway Airport, where the Horten Ho229 aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 320 feet, which was 5% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 82 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 16 knots at a direction of 29 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 10 knots and a headwind of 13 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Stornoway Airport, it began its enroute climb, reaching an altitude of 36,024 feet above sea level in just 10 minutes, covering a distance of 57 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 358 minutes and covered a distance of 444 nautical miles. During this phase, the aircraft flew 57 miles northwest of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
The enroute descent phase began 10 miles southeast of Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland, where the aircraft descended from an altitude of 35,806 feet to 869 feet in just 10 minutes, covering a distance of 68 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb phase, this time from 893 feet to 2,084 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The final descent phase began overhead Reykjavik in Iceland, where the aircraft descended from 2,081 feet to 250 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile.
The final approach to runway 19 at BIRK Reykjavik Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading 175.0 degrees at an altitude of 214 feet above ground level and 1 nautical mile from the runway. The landing was successful, with the aircraft touching down on the runway at a speed of 68 knots and a touchdown distance of 543 feet. The touchdown rate was smooth at -140 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 12 knots at a direction of 160 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 12 knots. The total landing distance was 929 feet, which was 19% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in just 1 minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 574 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 83 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 1,524 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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