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Departure
Apply small rudder corrections to track the centreline against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted 8.2 m off the centreline, and a heading variation of -3° usually follows into the initial climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings-level runway heading held through the climb
Arrival
Hold the back pressure smoothly through the moment of touchdown and let the mainwheels settle without relaxing or adding a second pitch input.
What happened: The approach and flare both stayed within limits, yet the aircraft bounced at touchdown.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, continuous sink through to touchdown with no second pitch input.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 16 stages, 14 in the score
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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 300 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 300 ft gate: no landing flap set and wings 12° of bank, against a 10° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,293 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,293 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 284 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Extra 330 taxied to runway 36 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft accelerated over a take-off distance of 191 m, representing 15 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 62 kt. Ambient conditions were 20 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 083°, providing a 2 kt cross-wind component and no head-wind.
During the left-hand pattern the aircraft entered the circuit from runway 36, covering less than 1 nm in 10 seconds. The subsequent left-hand cross-wind leg extended 1 nm and required 30 seconds to complete. Turning onto the downwind leg, the aircraft flew a 2 nm segment at a 45° angle to the runway, measured at 66.6°, before proceeding downwind for another 2 nm in 62 seconds. The base-turn maneuver covered 2 nm at a 45° angle of 53.6°, after which the base leg was flown in under 1 nm during a 30-second interval. The final turn to the approach path spanned 1 nm in 41 seconds, after which the aircraft commenced the final approach to runway 36, descending from 454 ft AGL to 30 ft AGL in 45 seconds and passing the stabilisation gates as required.
On touchdown the aircraft contacted runway 36, whose total length is 1 293 m, with a threshold speed recorded slightly below the target at 72 kt. The touchdown point was 281 m from the threshold, and the aircraft’s speed at that moment was 61 kt. The vertical speed at touchdown was -57 fpm, and the touchdown location was offset 5.3 m to the right of the centreline. The total landing distance measured 710 m, equivalent to 55 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was judged very good.
The rollout phase continued smoothly, maintaining the good alignment noted at touchdown and allowing the aircraft to decelerate safely along the remaining runway length.
In total the flight covered 9 nm, required approximately 5 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 2 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 36 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield was conducted with a descent from 454 ft agl to 30 ft agl in 45 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates. Local weather was 20 °C with wind 2 kt from 083°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and no head-wind.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 72 kt.
Touchdown occurred 281 m down the runway at a speed of 61 kt, with a vertical rate of minus 57 fpm and a lateral deviation of 5.3 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total distance of 710 m, representing 55 % of the 1 293 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Fine-tune the approach speed to meet the target value and make small adjustments to maintain centreline alignment within a tighter tolerance; the overall performance was strong with a score of 87.2 %.
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