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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Smooth the climb
A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 91 kt with 5.3° 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 253 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 307 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,010 fpm on average to 253 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 952 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted 4.6 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 52 % 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 3.5° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 0.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 90 ft below 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: 3.5° here, which is about 370 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 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 386 m left of the centreline at 0.8 nm, then inside the band from 0.4 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 47 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 28 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 0.8 nm, where the final began, to 0.4 nm, then slow to the threshold (up to −8 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 1° left of the track, wings level.
Wind 270° at 1 kt · 0 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 81 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 15 s, an average deceleration of 0.18 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 15 ft, 35 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 360 m in, 55 m past 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 1,524 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 went from 140 fpm at 13 ft to 0 fpm at 6 ft, then back up to 130 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.
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 first 1,524 m of the 2,110 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 3.8 m left 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 360 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 34 at LIRJ Marina Di Campo Airport, with a takeoff distance of 509 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 92 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 16°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot at 269 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 0 knots. After departing from the airport, the enroute climb started overhead LIRJ Marina Di Campo Airport, with the aircraft climbing from 304 feet above sea level to 9,313 feet above sea level, an increase of 9,008 feet in 8 minutes and covering a distance of 12 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 10 miles northwest of Marciana, Italy, and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 22 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 6 miles southeast of Macinaggio, France, descending from 9,927 feet above sea level to 1,703 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,224 feet in 11 minutes and covering a distance of 35 nautical miles.
Following the descent, the aircraft entered another enroute level cruise, this time starting 2 miles north of Lumio, France, and lasting for 4 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 36 at LFKC Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport was made from the south, with the aircraft heading 360 degrees at 0 nautical miles and 198 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 36 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 358 meters, which was 36% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was 79 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -246 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions were 15°C temperature and a wind speed of 1 knot at 270 degrees, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 0 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 79 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 34 minutes. The aircraft used 75 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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