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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 2,859 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 2,859 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,411 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Baron 58P began with a 5-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KUZA Rock Hill - York County Airport. The departure roll on runway 02 covered a distance of 1,823 ft, which was 33% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed during takeoff was 100 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 59 °F with a wind speed of 0 kn at 225 °, resulting in a crosswind of 0 kn and a headwind of 0 kn.
The enroute climb phase started 1 mile west of Tega Cay in South Carolina, climbing from 1,640 ft above sea level to 6,311 ft, an increase of 4,671 ft over 5 minutes and covering a distance of 13 nm. The enroute level cruise phase began 2 miles southwest of 39SC Rizzy Ridge Airport in Clover, North Carolina and lasted 18 minutes, covering 61 nm.
The landing took place on runway 32 at 2NC0 Mountain Air Airport, with a runway length of 2,859 ft. The height at the threshold was 86 ft above ground level, with a speed of 98 kn. The touchdown point was 1,308 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 74 kn and a vertical speed indicator reading of -71 ft/min. The total landing distance was 2,465 ft, which was 86% of the total runway length. The local weather at the time of landing was 54 °F with a wind speed of 4 kn at 124 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a tailwind of 4 kn.
The taxiing from the runway back to the parking area took 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 88 nm, with a total flight time of 949 minutes. The flight used 114 lbs of fuel.
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