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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.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 52 kt with 7.6° 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 293 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 277 m of runway left; then climbing at 750 fpm on average to 293 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 550 m runway.
Rolled from 78 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 1.6 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.7 m right. Airborne 18 % 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 150 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m 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 324 m right of the centreline at 1.5 nm, then inside it from 1.2 to 0.9 nm, then drifted 38 m left between 0.9 and 0.5 nm, then inside the band from 0.5 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 19 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Slow from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to −16 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
Excellent landing flare
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 269° at 2 kt · 2 kt head · 0 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 45 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 8 s, an average deceleration of 0.10 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 480 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 5 ft, 45 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 42 m in, 263 m short of the ideal 305 m.
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 480 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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 grew from 140 fpm at 5 ft to 240 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.5° 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 480 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2.2 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 3.4 m right at the widest.
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 42 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 27 at EGRT Bute Airfield, a small airfield located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The Wilga 80 aircraft accelerated down the runway, covering a takeoff distance of 40 meters, which accounted for 7% of the runway's length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 53 knots, marking the beginning of its journey.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airfield, it encountered local weather conditions of 15°C temperature and a gentle headwind of 2 knots from a direction of 269°. The enroute climb started overhead the X6BU Bute location, where the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 365 feet above sea level to 944 feet, a vertical increase of 579 feet, in just 1 minute. This climb phase covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent, starting from an altitude of 966 feet above sea level and descending to 509 feet, a decrease of 457 feet, in 2 minutes. This descent phase also covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
As the aircraft approached the runway, it initiated a final approach to runway 27 at X6BU Bute from the east, heading 266.0° at an altitude of 460 feet above ground level and a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold. The landing was executed on runway 27, which had a length of 480 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 47 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 39 meters, and the touchdown speed was also good at 46 knots. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -267 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating a precise and controlled landing. The local weather conditions remained the same, with a temperature of 15°C and a headwind of 2 knots from a direction of 269°.
The total landing distance was 163 meters, accounting for 34% of the runway's length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, demonstrating excellent control and stability during the landing phase. The total flight distance was 3 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 12 minutes. The aircraft used 4 kilograms of fuel during the entire flight.
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