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Know your rotation speed
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: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,544 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,544 m of the 1,651 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 190 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.41 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Piper PA-24-250 Comanche began with a 3-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at LFLP Annecy Haute-Savoie Mont Blanc Airport. The departure roll on runway 22 covered 441m, which was 39% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 88 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 15°C with no wind.
The enroute climb started overhead Meythet in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The aircraft climbed from 2,478 ft asl to 3,644 ft asl, gaining 1,166 ft in altitude over a distance of 5 nm in 2 minutes.
Once the aircraft reached the desired altitude, the cruise phase began overhead Chapeiry in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. This phase lasted 2 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nm.
The landing took place on runway 18 at LFLB Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc Airport, which had a runway length of 1,651m. The aircraft approached the runway at a height of 21 ft agl with a speed of 62 knots. Touchdown occurred 189m from the threshold at a speed of 55 knots with a vertical speed indicator showing -208 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 17°C with no wind.
The total landing distance was 1,438m, which was 87% of the runway length. After landing, it took 1 minute to taxi from the runway to the parking area, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the total flight distance was 22 nm and it took 21 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 9 kg of fuel during the flight.
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